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Lot 38
Gerard Dillon (1916-1971) Man and Accordion, Connemaraoil on boardsigned lower left38½ x 32cm (15.2 x 12.6in)Provenance: Dawson Gallery, Dublin (label verso); Sotheby's, London, 21st October 2015, Lot 25; Private Collection Dressed in an Aran Island, or Achill Islander's costume of sheepskin jerkin over a woollen pullover, green trousers and laced boots, the black-haired boy is playing his small square accordion while sitting on a little bench. He is seating inside a cottage, with the blue-painted door open behind him. Outside the cottage, chickens peck at the ground, wandering in and out of a small thatched whitewashed stone building that serves as a hen house. In the distance, over a stone wall, can be seen the blue sea, an island or peninsula in the distance and a blue sky. There is also a deeper level in this work of art. Dillon's paintings often reveal the inner loneliness and angst that had been a part of his life since childhood in Belfast. Leaving school at the age of fourteen, he initially trained as a house painter. While studying to become a full-time artist, he also worked in the building trade to earn a living. Although he did not attend art college, his work was acknowledged and championed, particularly by his fellow-artist Mainie Jellett. During the 1930s and '40s, Dillon lived for extended periods in London, but he spent the war years in Dublin where, in 1942, Mainie Jellett opened his first exhibition. Dillon's friendships with artists such as Daniel O'Neill, George Campbell and Nano Reid were important to him, and in the 1950s he enjoyed a considerable degree of success, showing at the Waddington and Leicester galleries and having a one-person show at the Whitechapel Art Gallery in 1963. He represented Ireland at the Guggenheim International in 1958 and that same year, notwithstanding his Irish nationalist sympathies, represented Great Britain at the Pittsburgh International. Dillon died prematurely in 1971, of a congenital heart condition that had already claimed the life of his three brothers. He travelled in Europe and taught for brief periods in London. In 1968 he was in Dublin, designing sets and costumes for Sean O'Casey's play Juno and the Paycock. Peter Murray, September 2019
Lot 147
Gretta Bowen (1880-1981) Dancing to an Accordion Ioil on boardsigned lower centre and titled verso34 x 34cm (13.4 x 13.4in)Provenance: James Wray Gallery, Belfast; Private Collection Gretta Bowen is a distinctive figure in Irish art. Born in 1880 she seems to have been inspired by her sons, the artists George and Arthur Campbell, or by the proximity of their materials, to take up art in her seventies. As with many 'naive' painters, her subjects often appear to be taken from specific memories and her paintings can depict multiple narratives within the same image. Her lively handling of paint and direct use of colour convey the artist's own pleasure in these events and memories. By the mid-1950s Bowen was exhibiting with the Victor Waddington Galleries as well as at the Irish Exhibition of Living Art, and in 1959 she held a solo exhibition with the Council for the Encouragement of Music and the Arts. She continued to show with galleries in Belfast and Dublin and on three occasions at the Oireachtas, and at the age of one hundred her work was included in the first International Exhibition of Naïve Art in London.
Lot 609
Dynamo's (Erland Van Lidth) stalker costume from Paul Michael Glaser's sci-fi action thriller The Running Man. One of the most popular "Stalkers" on a futuristic hit game show where criminal contestants fight for their lives, Dynamo used his electric power suit against opponents such as the wrongly convicted Ben Richards (Arnold Schwarzenegger).This costume includes a black rubber coverall-like jumpsuit affixed with a pair of metal-studded feet with shoe inlays and zippers on both sides; a black utility belt with metal and plastic fasteners and four pouches, two of which feature female 12-volt circular plug chargers; a black battery belt containing a sealed rechargeable battery with power cord; and a clear plastic vest affixed with a series of both solid and blinking coloured lights and wiring attached to a pair of 12-volt circular male ports on the back. The vest also comes with a pair of zipper-attached accordion sleeve additions affixed with coloured lights and wiring, one of which has an added metal wrist-mounted faux electricity discharger. The costume exhibits some cracks in the plastic of the vest, some cut and damaged wires on the battery pack and vest, and some tears and a broken zipper on the jumpsuit.£2000-3000 Ω *Contains electronics; see electronics notice in the Buyer's Guide
Lot 831
A GROUP OF HUMMEL FIGURES AND A COLLECTORS SPOON, to include 'Merry Wanderer' HUM11, 'Chimney Sweep' HUM12, 'Goose Girl' HUM47, 'Chick Girl' HUM57, 'Playmates' HUM58 (chip to feather in cap), 'Just Resting' HUM112, 'Bird Duet' HUM169, 'Band Leader' HUM129, 'Accordion Boy' HUM185, 'Girl with Doll' HUM239C and 'Girl with Sheet Music' HUM289 (12)
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