Tony O'Malley, H.R.H.A.
Currach, Clare Island (Recto); Evening Landscape Tehidy Hospital (Recto); Figure (Verso)
Estimate: 20.000 - 30.000 GBP
Price realised: 434.500 GBP
Price realised: 434.500 GBP
Description
signed and indistinctly dated ‘TONY O’MALLEY MAY 1962’ (lower left), dedicated and dated again ‘with love to/Paddy from/Tony Aug/1962’ (on the reverse); inscribed 'Evening Landscape Tehidy Hospital' (lower right), indistinctly inscribed again and dated 'Evening Landscape/Tehidy/Hospital/1961’ (on the reverse)
oil on board; oil and chalk on board
29 ¾ x 47 in. (75.5 x 119.4 cm.); 30 ¼ x 47 in. (76.8 x 119.4 cm.)
(2)Figure, circa 1959, will appear in the forthcoming catalogue raisonné of Francis Bacon, edited by Martin Harrison, under the number 59-16.
Currach, Clare Island: A gift from Tony O'Malley to Padraic Fallon, and by descent. | Evening Landscape Tehidy Hospital: Tony O'Malley, and by descent.
oil on board; oil and chalk on board
29 ¾ x 47 in. (75.5 x 119.4 cm.); 30 ¼ x 47 in. (76.8 x 119.4 cm.)
(2)Figure, circa 1959, will appear in the forthcoming catalogue raisonné of Francis Bacon, edited by Martin Harrison, under the number 59-16.
Currach, Clare Island: A gift from Tony O'Malley to Padraic Fallon, and by descent. | Evening Landscape Tehidy Hospital: Tony O'Malley, and by descent.
A top price for Tony O'Malley
When the work Currach, Clare Island (Recto); Evening Landscape Tehidy Hospital (Recto); Figure (Verso) by Tony O'Malley was auctioned at Christies in London in March 2016, the result exceeded expectations many times over. The upper estimate was set at a - in retrospect quite modest - GBP 30,000.00 but the actual price achieved was more than 14 times as high at GBP 434,500.00 (€ 548,599.17). This high result makes Currach, Clare Island (Recto); Evening Landscape Tehidy Hospital (Recto); Figure (Verso) the most expensive artwork by Tony O'Malley that we have observed at auctions so far.
Ein Spitzenpreis für Tony O'Malley
Als die Arbeit Currach, Clare Island (Recto); Evening Landscape Tehidy Hospital (Recto); Figure (Verso) von Tony O'Malley im März 2016 bei Christies in London versteigert wurde, übertraf das Ergebnis die Erwartungen um ein Vielfaches. Der obere Schätzpreis war mit – rückwirkend betrachtet recht bescheidenen – GBP 30.000,00 angesetzt, der tatsächlich erzielte Preis hingegen war mit GBP 434.500,00 (€ 548.599,17) mehr als 14-mal so hoch. Dieses hohe Ergebnis macht Currach, Clare Island (Recto); Evening Landscape Tehidy Hospital (Recto); Figure (Verso) zu dem teuersten Kunstwerk von Tony O'Malley, das wir bisher bei Auktionen beobachtet haben.
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