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Daniel O'Neill
MAUREEN 
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Daniel O'Neill
MAUREEN 
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8,000 — 12,000
GBP
LOT SOLD. 17,500 GBP
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Daniel O'Neill
1920-1974
MAUREEN 
oil on board
61 by 51cm., 24 by 20in.
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Provenance

Tom Caldwell Gallery, Belfast;
Adam's, Dublin, 27 May 1998, lot 55, where purchased by the previous owner and thence by descent

Catalogue Note

This enigmatic portrait depicts Daniel O’Neill’s partner Maureen (the couple never married but Maureen changed her name to O'Neill by deed in the 1960s when they moved to London). Although O'Neill received no academic training, the painting echoes Old Master portraiture in the precise, focused pose, the low, receding landscape and air of stillness. His career as a whole forms a unique reflection on the themes of birth, death and love, imbued with a strong sense of mystery. 

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