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

I RISH & I NTERNATIONAL A RT A UCTION M ONDAY 30 TH A PRIL 2018 AT 6.00 PM 55 Colin Middleton RUA RHA ( - ) eVening, CAsTlewellAn (1964) signed lower left and right oil on board 28 x 38cm (11.02 x 14.96in) Provenance: Whyte’s, Dublin; Private Collection The work of Colin Middleton has long enthralled and puzzled viewers, on occasion simultaneously. Even in the 1940s he was recognised as a technically adept chameleon, though he acknowledged that Surrealism was an early and consistent influence. There’s a touch of the fantastic to his evocation of Castlewellan, Co Down in the gathering darkness, with the mass of Slievenaslat in the background. €6,000-8,000 (£5,217-6,956)