Morgan O'Driscoll Irish & International Art Auction 29th April 2019

I rish & I nternational A rt M onday 29 th A pril 2019 at 6.00 pm 151 134 Sean McSweeney HRHA (1935-2018) Conway’s Bog (2004) signed and dated (20) ‘04 lower left, titled verso with artist’s archival no. 04-67 acrylic on paper 57 x 76cm (22.5 x 30in) Provenance: Taylor Galleries, Dublin (label verso); Private Collection Exhibited: Taylor Galleries, Dublin: Catalogue No.31, October - November 2004 €2,500-€3,500 ($2,808-$3,932) (£2,118-£2,966) When Sean McSweeney moved with his family to the coast near Lissadell in Sligo in 1984, he found he had to find a new ap- proach to his painting. After many years spent in County Wicklow, the completely different character of the landscape was a chal- lenge. In time, the stretches of local bog became an essential source of subject matter. In the flat, windswept landscape, he noted that the pools formed in old bog cuttings became a rich and recurrent inspiration in works that could be as abstract as a Mark Rothko but are still saturated with a sense of the landscape and informed by constant contact with it.