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

50 Mainie Jellet ( - ) Design for A rug (CeADogAn - MAinie JelleTT 13) gouache on board 36 x 25cm (14.17 x 9.84in) Provenance: Whyte’s, Dublin, 15th March 2010, Lot 61; Private Collection Literature: Arnold, Bruce, Abstract Cubist Rugs, Art Deco Rugs designed by Mainie Jellett, Ceadogan Rugs, 2008, p.13 (illustrated). A major figure in the history of Modernism in Ireland, Mainie Jellet was an exceptionally accomplished artist who managed to reconcile her commitment to progressive artistic ideas with her Catholic faith. She absorbed Andre Lhote’s theories on Cubism and was producing very sophisticated abstract paintings as early as 1922. By the end of the decade, and into the 1930s, she was producing many fine rug designs, usually in the form of gouache paintings. The concentric patterning and harmonious colour schemes of her paintings were well suited to weaving. €4,000-6,000 (£3,478-5,217)