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 99 Hughie O’Donoghue RA (b. ) The ChAnging fACe of Moo Cow fArM V (2007) signed lower centre left and dated 2007 mixed media on paper 38 x 57.5cm (14.96 x 22.64in) Provenance: Nicholas Gallery, Belfast (label verso); Private Collection Hughie O’Donoghue is best known for epic series of paintings that explore the relationships between people and place, from the hard lives experienced by small farmers in the West of Ireland to the challenges of migration and conflict as individuals become caught up in large historical events. Both come into play here. Moo Cow farm was the colloquial term among Allied (mostly Aus- tralian) troops for Mouquet Farm on the Somme. Once a beautiful, pastoral farm, it became a heavily defended German redoubt and was reduced to a cratered, muddy wilderness in the course of the battle in 1916. €4,000-6,000 (£3,478-5,217)