Anne Madden
SIGHT LINE II
Lot 89
Price Realised:
€16,500
Estimate:
€15,000 - €20,000
Anne Madden, b. 1932
SIGHT LINE II
Oil on canvas, 68" x 67 1/4" (173 x 171cm), signed, inscribed and dated 1995 verso.
Provenance: Adams, Mid-Century Modern Sale, Dublin, 15/12/2020 (lot 76); Private Collection, Dublin.
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Lot 89
Anne Madden
SIGHT LINE II
Lot 89
Anne Madden
SIGHT LINE II
Estimate:
€15,000 - €20,000
Anne Madden, b. 1932
SIGHT LINE II
Oil on canvas, 68" x 67 1/4" (173 x 171cm), signed, inscribed and dated 1995 verso.
Provenance: Adams, Mid-Century Modern Sale, Dublin, 15/12/2020 (lot 76); Private Collection, Dublin.
Sight Line II comes from a series of paintings the artist painted in the 1990s, titled Odyssey & Icarus. In the 'Odyssey' paintings, the vessel becomes a symbol of the individual voyaging into the unknown. In terms of imagery there is in these paintings no contextual reference, we are literally 'at sea'. Most of the compositions are divided into two distinct areas, one representing the safe passage behind us, the other, often shown with the prow of the boat touching it, representing the unknown.Most consist of dark blues or ink-blacks with only the occasional relief of lighter umbers and gold. Besides the image of the lone boat our attention in these works is held by the vigorous application of paint which often animates the entire surface of the canvas
SIGHT LINE II
Oil on canvas, 68" x 67 1/4" (173 x 171cm), signed, inscribed and dated 1995 verso.
Provenance: Adams, Mid-Century Modern Sale, Dublin, 15/12/2020 (lot 76); Private Collection, Dublin.
Sight Line II comes from a series of paintings the artist painted in the 1990s, titled Odyssey & Icarus. In the 'Odyssey' paintings, the vessel becomes a symbol of the individual voyaging into the unknown. In terms of imagery there is in these paintings no contextual reference, we are literally 'at sea'. Most of the compositions are divided into two distinct areas, one representing the safe passage behind us, the other, often shown with the prow of the boat touching it, representing the unknown.Most consist of dark blues or ink-blacks with only the occasional relief of lighter umbers and gold. Besides the image of the lone boat our attention in these works is held by the vigorous application of paint which often animates the entire surface of the canvas
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