Lot Essay
The artist comments, 'Boats pulled up by the Tau Cross at West Town, Tory Island. Currachs are still used on the island but the last coracles were abandoned around twenty years ago' (loc. cit.).
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The Tau Cross at West Town
Details
Derek Hill, H.R.H.A. (1916-2000)
The Tau Cross at West Town
signed with initials 'DH' (lower right)
oil and sand on canvas
31 x 46 in. (78.8 x 116.8 cm.)
Painted in 1963.
The Tau Cross at West Town
signed with initials 'DH' (lower right)
oil and sand on canvas
31 x 46 in. (78.8 x 116.8 cm.)
Painted in 1963.
Provenance
The artist's estate.
Literature
G. Gowrie, Derek Hill: An Appreciation, London and New York, 1987, illustrated p. 26.
Exhibited
London, Royal Academy, Summer Exhibition, 1960, no. 1.
Special notice
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