Morgan O'Driscoll Irish & International Art Auction 12th November 2018

I rish & I nternational A rt M onday 12 th N ovember 2018 at 6.00 pm 49 38 John Shinnors (b.1950) Nude II (2004) signed lower right oil pastel on board 22.5 x 25cm (9 x 10in) Provenance: Taylor Galleries, Dublin (label verso); Private Collection €4,000-€6,000 (£3,571-£5,357) The human figure is a relative rarity in the abstracted pictorial worlds of John Shinnors, where we are more likely to encoun- ter birds, cows, fish and scarecrows. He has, though, made several studies of nudes. Predictably, while the gently curvaceous form is unmistakably human and sensually yielding, the pale torso is translated into Shinnors’ characteristically stylised visual language of shapes and signs, with an almost monochrome palette illuminated by subtle touches of ochre and flesh tints.