Colin Middleton (1910-1983) Opus I Group II: The Wilderness, Mother

Signature: signed lower right and date 1941, titled verso, Signature:, signed lower right and date 1941, titled verso, Medium:, oil on canvas, Size:, 61 x 41cm (24 x 16.1in), Framed Size:, 78.5 x 58cm (30.9 x 22.8in), Provenance:, Adams Auctions, Dublin 2 June 2010 McClelland Collection, on loan to IMMA 1999 2004 Shown in Middletons 1943 exhibition Adam's, Dublin, 26th March 2014 lot 67; Private Collection, Exhibited:, Belfast Museum and Art Gallery 1943 Colin Middleton Exhibition;, Irish Museum of Modern Art, Jan 2001 - June 2001 Northern Artists from the McClelland Collection;, IMMA 2004-2005 Droichead Arts Centre 2005, Literature:, The Hunter Gatherer IMMA, illustrated fig.76, p.82. In this relatively early painting by Colin Middleton, a mother sits upright, head thrown back, while her child stands on her knee, kissing her on the chin. Both figures are naked, although the mothers hair is partly covered with a dark blue mantilla, enlivened with white lace. With her long dark ey... Read more, In this relatively early painting by Colin Middleton, a mother sits upright, head thrown back, while her child stands on her knee, kissing her on the chin. Both figures are naked, although the mothers hair is partly covered with a dark blue mantilla, enlivened with white lace. With her long dark ey... Read more

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