Morgan O'Driscoll Irish & International Art Auction 30th April 2018 at 6pm

18 Norah McGuinness HRHA ( - ) A golDen eVening signed lower right oil on canvas 36 x 51cm (14.17 x 20.08in) Provenance: Collection of Mr J.H.D. Ryan; Private Collection Exhibited: Norah McGuinness’, Dawson Gallery, June/July 1972, catalogue no. 6 where purchased by Mr J.H.D. Ryan. Norah McGuinness’s style, with its strong, decisive outlines and simplified, graphic quality, is unmistakable. It was certainly shaped by her work as a designer for the stage and as an illustrator, and perhaps it’s no coincidence that the great stained glass artist Harry Clarke was one of her teachers. While she studied, in her late twenties, with Andre Lhote, the experience did not greatly impinge on her own artistic personality. €6,000-8,000 (£5,217-6,956)