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Basil Blackshaw
RED BARN
Lot 6
Price Realised:
€12,000
Estimate:
€12,000 - €16,000
Basil Blackshaw HRHA, RUA, 1932-2016
RED BARN
Oil on canvas, 20" x 24" (50.8 x 61cm), signed; signed and inscribed verso.
Provenance: Acquired directly from the artist by the present owner.
The council house paintings of the eighties we...
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Lot 6
Basil Blackshaw
RED BARN
Lot 6
Basil Blackshaw
RED BARN
Estimate:
€12,000 - €16,000
Basil Blackshaw HRHA, RUA, 1932-2016
RED BARN
Oil on canvas, 20" x 24" (50.8 x 61cm), signed; signed and inscribed verso.
Provenance: Acquired directly from the artist by the present owner.
The council house paintings of the eighties were joined by new friends in the nineties - barns. So often with Blackshaw a mere glimpse or a glance is enough to spark something in him that 'sets up an image'. He caught site of a barn momentarily in the Loughbrickland area of County Down in 1991. It was nothing special but it touched something off which resulted in these Barn paintings.
Blackshaw's kind of representation is not based on mimesis; it is not the look of things that he is interested in portraying, but his experiences of them. In an interview with Brian McAvera he remarked, 'I want to be divorced a bit from the actual subject; not to make a replica but to make an equivalent. His paints remain representational because he chooses to remain on the side of the visible and within the realm of shared human experiences.
He moves things around according to his own experiences and the dictate of the works at hand; but no matter how far he expends the boundaries of the given image he always keeps the viewer inside.
(Ref: 'BLACKSHAW,' edited by Eamonn Mallie)
RED BARN
Oil on canvas, 20" x 24" (50.8 x 61cm), signed; signed and inscribed verso.
Provenance: Acquired directly from the artist by the present owner.
The council house paintings of the eighties were joined by new friends in the nineties - barns. So often with Blackshaw a mere glimpse or a glance is enough to spark something in him that 'sets up an image'. He caught site of a barn momentarily in the Loughbrickland area of County Down in 1991. It was nothing special but it touched something off which resulted in these Barn paintings.
Blackshaw's kind of representation is not based on mimesis; it is not the look of things that he is interested in portraying, but his experiences of them. In an interview with Brian McAvera he remarked, 'I want to be divorced a bit from the actual subject; not to make a replica but to make an equivalent. His paints remain representational because he chooses to remain on the side of the visible and within the realm of shared human experiences.
He moves things around according to his own experiences and the dictate of the works at hand; but no matter how far he expends the boundaries of the given image he always keeps the viewer inside.
(Ref: 'BLACKSHAW,' edited by Eamonn Mallie)
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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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