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Colin Middleton
GABLES, ARDGLASS
Lot 8
Price Realised:
€10,000
Estimate:
€10,000 - €15,000
Colin Middleton MBE, RHA, 1910-1983
GABLES, ARDGLASS
Oil and pencil on bi-pirate board, 10 1/2" x 24" (27 x 61cm), signed; signed, inscribed and dated 3/67 verso.
Provenance: Ritchie Hendriks Gallery, Dublin - April 1967, catalogue 11 (...
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Lot 8
Colin Middleton
GABLES, ARDGLASS
Lot 8
Colin Middleton
GABLES, ARDGLASS
Estimate:
€10,000 - €15,000
Colin Middleton MBE, RHA, 1910-1983
GABLES, ARDGLASS
Oil and pencil on bi-pirate board, 10 1/2" x 24" (27 x 61cm), signed; signed, inscribed and dated 3/67 verso.
Provenance: Ritchie Hendriks Gallery, Dublin - April 1967, catalogue 11 (40 guineas)
(label verso); purchased Mr. Johnson, April 1967; Irish Art, Whytes, 09 Oct 2001 no. 59; Private Collection, Northern Ireland.
Exhibited: Arts Council of Northern Ireland and The Scottish Arts Council, Colin Middleton Retrospective 1960-1970, September 1970-March 1971, catalogue 28.
During the 1960s Colin Middleton turned away from the more expressionist and exuberant manner of painting in which he had worked in the late 1940s and 1950s, towards a more considered form of abstraction that could be seen in part as a reassertion of the interest in design that had been formed in his early days working in the linen industry. Each of these two aspects of Colin Middleton's creative identity became more dominant at different periods of his career and the dynamic between them contributed in part to the constant progress and experimentation in his work, without it ever losing its consistency of purpose and personality.
Gables, Ardglass is one of a series of paintings Middleton completed around 1967 that are almost constructivist in style and recall his stated admiration for Victor Pasmore. While most of this series are concerned with asserting a formal and thematic closeness between the landscape and the female form, the present work is unusual in concentrating on buildings in a landscape, its architectural structure mirroring the architectural inspiration.
Many of Middleton's greatest expressionist works were painted when Middleton was living in Ardglass between 1948 and 1952, and he rarely returned to the area for subject matter in his later work. It is particularly intriguing in this instance given the distance between the two manners of working. This is a highly geometric work, largely without the softer lines and organic shapes that Middleton often introduced into his abstract painting. Within a muted palette, notes of colour are carefully introduced and the line that both relates to, and expands the strong shapes of the composition suggests the incised lines that had become significant for a number of contemporary British artists.
Dickon Hall, February, 2022
GABLES, ARDGLASS
Oil and pencil on bi-pirate board, 10 1/2" x 24" (27 x 61cm), signed; signed, inscribed and dated 3/67 verso.
Provenance: Ritchie Hendriks Gallery, Dublin - April 1967, catalogue 11 (40 guineas)
(label verso); purchased Mr. Johnson, April 1967; Irish Art, Whytes, 09 Oct 2001 no. 59; Private Collection, Northern Ireland.
Exhibited: Arts Council of Northern Ireland and The Scottish Arts Council, Colin Middleton Retrospective 1960-1970, September 1970-March 1971, catalogue 28.
During the 1960s Colin Middleton turned away from the more expressionist and exuberant manner of painting in which he had worked in the late 1940s and 1950s, towards a more considered form of abstraction that could be seen in part as a reassertion of the interest in design that had been formed in his early days working in the linen industry. Each of these two aspects of Colin Middleton's creative identity became more dominant at different periods of his career and the dynamic between them contributed in part to the constant progress and experimentation in his work, without it ever losing its consistency of purpose and personality.
Gables, Ardglass is one of a series of paintings Middleton completed around 1967 that are almost constructivist in style and recall his stated admiration for Victor Pasmore. While most of this series are concerned with asserting a formal and thematic closeness between the landscape and the female form, the present work is unusual in concentrating on buildings in a landscape, its architectural structure mirroring the architectural inspiration.
Many of Middleton's greatest expressionist works were painted when Middleton was living in Ardglass between 1948 and 1952, and he rarely returned to the area for subject matter in his later work. It is particularly intriguing in this instance given the distance between the two manners of working. This is a highly geometric work, largely without the softer lines and organic shapes that Middleton often introduced into his abstract painting. Within a muted palette, notes of colour are carefully introduced and the line that both relates to, and expands the strong shapes of the composition suggests the incised lines that had become significant for a number of contemporary British artists.
Dickon Hall, February, 2022
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PLEASE BID EARLY TO AVOID DISAPPOINTMENT.
In order to allow rival bidders the opportunity to respond to a late bid the following extensions will apply:
IF A BID IS RECEIVED WITHIN THE FINAL 45 SECONDS OF THE COUNTDOWN THE CLOCK WILL RESET TO 60 SECONDS.
At any point you can leave a maximum bid, representing the highest price you are prepared to pay for a particular lot. Bidding only advances when there is competition from a rival bidder. In that case the system bids on your behalf, only up to the maximum if required. All bids are relayed to you be email, along with notification if you have been outbid.
All maximum bids are confidential and not disclosed. The system will endeavor to purchase the lot for you for the least price. Bids are subject to buyer’s premium of 25% (incl vat), with no additional charges.
In the event of a tied bid, the preference will be given to the bid submitted first. The second bidder will receive immediate notification of being outbid.
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