Sean McSweeney Paintings & Artwork for Sale | Sean McSweeney Art Value Price Guide

Dec. 04, 2024
Sean McSweeney (1935-2018) The Upper Field Oil on board, 73 x 53cm (28¾ x 21) Signed
Est: €4,000 - €6,000
Sean McSweeney (1935-2018) The Upper Field Oil on board, 73 x 53cm (28¾ x 21) Signed
Adam's
Dec. 02, 2024
Seán McSweeney HRHA (1935-2018) OCHRE AND BLUE BOG
Est: €5,000 - €7,000
Seán McSweeney HRHA (1935-2018) OCHRE AND BLUE BOG oil on canvas; (unframed) signed and titled on reverse h:24 w:32 in. Provenance: Warren Gallery, Skibbereen; Private collection
Whyte's
Dec. 02, 2024
Seán McSweeney HRHA (1935-2018) WINTER BOG, 1994
Est: €3,000 - €5,000
Seán McSweeney HRHA (1935-2018) WINTER BOG, 1994 oil on board signed and dated lower right; signed, titled and dated [96] on reverse h:14 w:18 in.
Whyte's
May. 27, 2024
Seán McSweeney HRHA (1935-2018) LANDSCAPE AT SUNSET
Est: €4,000 - €6,000
Seán McSweeney HRHA (1935-2018) LANDSCAPE AT SUNSET oil on board signed lower right h:20.25 w:24 in.
Whyte's
Apr. 30, 2024
SEAN MCSWEENEY
Est: €200 - €300
Shoreline. Watercolour. Signed bottom right.
Sheppards
Mar. 27, 2024
Sean McSweeney (1935-2018) Landscape Oil on canvas, 70 x 75cm (27½ x 29½) Signed; signed and inscribed verso
Est: €1,500 - €2,000
Sean McSweeney (1935-2018) Landscape Oil on canvas, 70 x 75cm (27½ x 29½) Signed; signed and inscribed verso
Adam's
Mar. 11, 2024
Seán McSweeney HRHA (1935-2018) SALTWATER POOL, 2002
Est: €1,500 - €2,000
Seán McSweeney HRHA (1935-2018) SALTWATER POOL, 2002 oil on board signed lower left; signed, dated, numbered [02.69] and titled on Taylor Galleries label on reverse h:7 w:9 in. Provenance: Taylor Galleries, Dublin; Private collection; Morgan O'Driscoll, 27 January 2014, lot 7; Private collection Exhibited: Taylor Galleries, Dublin, October 2002, catalogue no. 2
Whyte's
Dec. 06, 2023
Sean McSweeney (1935-2018) 'Shoreline Fields' Oil on board, 46 x 60cm (18 x 23½) Signed Provenance: With Taylor Galleries, Dublin, label verso
Est: €3,000 - €5,000
Sean McSweeney (1935-2018) 'Shoreline Fields' Oil on board, 46 x 60cm (18 x 23½) Signed Provenance: With Taylor Galleries, Dublin, label verso
Adam's
Dec. 06, 2023
SEAN MCSWEENEY H.R.H.A. (1935 - 2018)
Est: €6,000 - €8,000
Bogland. Oil on paper. Toler Galeries??? and Oriel Gallery labels verso. (Irish Art) 86 cm. high; 102 cm. wide; Image: 57 cm. high; 75 cm. wide; Approximate Time: 11:17 Lot Number: 607
Sheppards
Sep. 27, 2023
Sean McSweeney HRHA (1935-2018) Bog Pool Oil on board, 50 x 60cm (19¾ x 23½) Signed and dated (19)'90
Est: €3,000 - €5,000
Sean McSweeney HRHA (1935-2018) Bog Pool Oil on board, 50 x 60cm (19¾ x 23½) Signed and dated (19)'90
Adam's
May. 31, 2023
Sean McSweeney HRHA (1935-2018) Kelly's Oil on board, 30.5 x 41cm (12 x 16) Signed; signed and inscribed verso Provenance: With The Dawson Gallery, label verso
Est: €2,500 - €3,500
Sean McSweeney HRHA (1935-2018) Kelly's Oil on board, 30.5 x 41cm (12 x 16) Signed; signed and inscribed verso Provenance: With The Dawson Gallery, label verso
Adam's
May. 31, 2023
Sean McSweeney RHA (1935-2018) Shoreline, Ballyconnell Oil on board, 25 x 35cm (9¾ x 13¾) Signed and dated (19)'89; also signed, inscribed and dated 1989 verso
Est: €3,000 - €5,000
Sean McSweeney RHA (1935-2018) Shoreline, Ballyconnell Oil on board, 25 x 35cm (9¾ x 13¾) Signed and dated (19)'89; also signed, inscribed and dated 1989 verso
Adam's
May. 31, 2023
Sean McSweeney (1935-2018) Shoreline, Sligo Oil on board, 14 x 30.5 (5½ x 12) Signed and dated (19)'95; also signed and inscribed verso
Est: €1,000 - €1,500
Sean McSweeney (1935-2018) Shoreline, Sligo Oil on board, 14 x 30.5 (5½ x 12) Signed and dated (19)'95; also signed and inscribed verso
Adam's
May. 29, 2023
Seán McSweeney HRHA (1935-2018) SHORELINE, SLIGO, 1987
Est: €3,500 - €4,500
Seán McSweeney HRHA (1935-2018) SHORELINE, SLIGO, 1987 oil on board signed and dated lower right; signed, titled and dated on reverse h:14 w:18 in.
Whyte's
Apr. 18, 2023
Sean McSweeney HRHA (1935-2018) Green Bogland
Est: €3,000 - €5,000
Sean McSweeney HRHA (1935-2018) Green Bogland oil on board signed 'Sean McSweeney'and titled verso h:30.50 w:40 cm. Provenance: John Martin Gallery, London (label verso) where purchased by the present owner
Morgan O'Driscoll
Apr. 18, 2023
Sean McSweeney HRHA (1935-2018) Early Spring (1996)
Est: €10,000 - €15,000
Sean McSweeney HRHA (1935-2018) Early Spring (1996) oil on canvas signed, titled and dated '96 verso with artist's archive no. 96-175 h:147.30 w:193.50 cm. Provenance: Vangard Gallery, Cork (label verso); Private Collection Exhibited: Vangard Gallery, Cork: Sean McSweeney (From new Work) 13th October - 5th November 2005 McSweeney's paintings fall within that painterly tradition in twentieth-century Irish art, one that includes Jack Yeats, Patrick Collins and Tony O'Malley-artists who sought to capture the colours, textures and atmosphere of the Irish landscape, but who also recognised the medium of oil paint as possessing its own inherent expressive qualities. McSweeney delighted in creating rich expressionist canvases, using broad brushstrokes, overlaying small, almost delicate, intense flashes of against a dark background. In this large canvas, there are two distinct areas, on the right a dark ground, with horizontal strokes of white and blue, counterpointed with vertical flashes of green, while on the left, the vertical marks are light brown and the dark ground is enlivened with patches of intense red. In a representational sense, the painting might be read as shore and sea, but in terms of its qualities as a work of art, it is primarily an essay in lyrical abstraction and a homage to the natural world. Born in Dublin in 1935, McSweeney was largely self-taught as an artist, although he did attend evening classes at NCAD. He first exhibited at the Dawson Gallery when he was thirty years old. Two years later, in 1967, he and Sheila Murphy married and moved to Co. Wicklow, where they lived for two decades, before settling at Ballyconnell in Co. Sligo, Sean's mother's birthplace. The schoolhouse his mother had attended became his studio. Elected a member of Aosdána in 1984, his work has been shown in many exhibitions, and a retrospective was held at the Galway Arts Festival in 1990, shown subsequently at the RHA Gallery in Dublin. In 2007 a touring exhibition was shown at venues throughout Ireland, including the Model Arts Centre in Sligo and the Triskel in Cork. McSweeney also exhibited at the Taylor Galleries in Dublin, the Fendersky in Belfast and the John Martin Gallery in London. He is represented in many key collections in Ireland including the Ulster Museum, the Hugh Lane Gallery, and the Crawford Art Gallery, Cork. Peter Murray, March 2023
Morgan O'Driscoll
Apr. 18, 2023
Sean McSweeney HRHA (1935-2018) Conway's Bog (2003)
Est: €4,000 - €6,000
Sean McSweeney HRHA (1935-2018) Conway's Bog (2003) oil on board signed and dated 'Sean McSweeney '03' lower left, titled verso h:40.80 w:51 cm. Provenance: John Martin Gallery, London (label verso); Private Collection One of the most important Irish painters of the 20th century, and a landscape painter of brilliance, Sean McSweeney moved with his family from Co Wicklow to rural Co Sligo, on the coast, his mother's family home and a region he'd known since childhood. The move greatly changed his approach to painting. In place of the vertical, mountainous landscape of Wicklow, as he put it, there was the horizontal, windswept terrain of sea, shore and bogland. He looked downwards, in close-up, as the vegetation changed in time with the seasons and at the pools nestled in the solid masses of peat.
Morgan O'Driscoll
Mar. 06, 2023
Seán McSweeney HRHA (1935-2018) BOG POOL, 2016
Est: €800 - €1,200
Seán McSweeney HRHA (1935-2018) BOG POOL, 2016 tempera on paper signed and dated lower left; signed, titled, dated and with Taylor Galleries label on reverse h:5.75 w:8 in. Provenance: Taylor Galleries, Dublin; Private collection
Whyte's
Mar. 06, 2023
Seán McSweeney HRHA (1935-2018) CONWAY'S BOG, 1988
Est: €5,000 - €7,000
Seán McSweeney HRHA (1935-2018) CONWAY'S BOG, 1988 oil on board signed and dated lower left; signed, titled, dated and with Kenny Gallery label on reverse h:24 w:32 in. Provenance: Kenny Gallery, Galway; Private collection
Whyte's
Dec. 07, 2022
SEAN MCSWEENEY H.R.H.A. (1935 - 2018)
Est: €900 - €1,000
Spring Pool Signed mixed media. Titled and signed verso. Framed. Provenance: Vongourd Gallery, Cork.
Sheppards
Nov. 16, 2022
Séan Mc Sweeney, HRHA (1935-2018) "Fields, Ballyconnell, Co. Sligo," O.O.B., abstract scene with
Est: €4,000 - €5,000
Séan Mc Sweeney, HRHA (1935-2018) "Fields, Ballyconnell, Co. Sligo," O.O.B., abstract scene with green field at night, approx. 61cms x 79cm (24" x 31") signed and dated lower left. Exhibition label RHA 1990 on reverse, box mounted frame. (1)
Fonsie Mealy Auctioneers
Sep. 26, 2022
Seán McSweeney HRHA (1935-2018) CONWAY'S BOG, 1988
Est: €6,000 - €8,000
Seán McSweeney HRHA (1935-2018) CONWAY'S BOG, 1988 oil on board signed and dated lower left; signed, titled, dated and with Kenny Gallery label on reverse h:24 w:32 in. Provenance: Kenny Gallery, Galway; Private collection
Whyte's
Jun. 06, 2022
Seán McSweeney HRHA (1935-2018) THREE TELEGRAPH POLES
Est: €1,000 - €1,500
Seán McSweeney HRHA (1935-2018) THREE TELEGRAPH POLES oil on board signed lower left; titled on reverse h:7.25 w:9.75 in.
Whyte's
Jun. 06, 2022
Seán McSweeney HRHA (1935-2018) HILL FIELDS, 1990
Est: €1,500 - €2,000
Seán McSweeney HRHA (1935-2018) HILL FIELDS, 1990 oil on board signed and dated lower left; signed, titled and inscribed [Ballyconnell Studio] on reverse h:9.75 w:13.50 in.
Whyte's
Jun. 06, 2022
Seán McSweeney HRHA (1935-2018) BOGLAND TREES
Est: €1,200 - €1,500
Seán McSweeney HRHA (1935-2018) BOGLAND TREES oil on board signed lower left; titled on reverse h:9.25 w:12.75 in.
Whyte's
Jun. 06, 2022
Seán McSweeney HRHA (1935-2018) WHITE LAKE, 1966
Est: €1,200 - €1,800
Seán McSweeney HRHA (1935-2018) WHITE LAKE, 1966 oil on canvas signed lower right; signed, titled and dated on reverse h:9 w:13 in.
Whyte's
Jun. 06, 2022
Seán McSweeney HRHA (1935-2018) BOGLAND WATERS, 1986
Est: €8,000 - €12,000
Seán McSweeney HRHA (1935-2018) BOGLAND WATERS, 1986 oil on board signed and dated lower right; signed, titled and dated [Sept] on reverse h:43 w:31 in.
Whyte's
Jun. 01, 2022
Sean McSweeney HRHA (1935-2018) Shoreline Pools, Sligo Oil on board, 25 x 35cm (10 x 13¾) Signed and dated (19)'98
Est: €2,000 - €3,000
Sean McSweeney HRHA (1935-2018) Shoreline Pools, Sligo Oil on board, 25 x 35cm (10 x 13¾) Signed and dated (19)'98
Adam's
Apr. 26, 2022
Sean McSweeney HRHA (1935-2018) Trapped Water (1993)
Est: €3,000 - €5,000
Sean McSweeney HRHA (1935-2018) Trapped Water (1993) oil on canvas signed and dated lower left, titled verso h:61 w:46 cm. Provenance: Vangard Gallery, Cork (label verso); Private Collection
Morgan O'Driscoll
Apr. 26, 2022
Sean McSweeney HRHA (1935-2018) Conway's Bog (2003)
Est: €5,000 - €7,000
Sean McSweeney HRHA (1935-2018) Conway's Bog (2003) oil on board signed and dated '03 lower left h:40.80 w:51 cm. Provenance: John Martin Gallery, London (label verso); Private Collection One of the most important Irish painters of the 20th century, and a landscape painter of brilliance, Sean McSweeney moved with his family from Co Wicklow to rural Co Sligo, on the coast, his mother's family home and a region he'd known since childhood. The move greatly changed his approach to painting. In place of the vertical, mountainous landscape of Wicklow, as he put it, there was the horizontal, windswept terrain of sea, shore and bogland. He looked downwards, in close-up, as the vegetation changed in time with the seasons and at the pools nestled in the solid masses of peat.
Morgan O'Driscoll
Nov. 29, 2021
Seán McSweeney HRHA (1935-2018) STREET SCENE, DUBLIN, 1960
Est: €2,000 - €3,000
Seán McSweeney HRHA (1935-2018) STREET SCENE, DUBLIN, 1960 oil on board signed and dated lower left h:14.50 w:19 in.
Whyte's
Oct. 26, 2021
Sean McSweeney HRHA (1935-2018) April Bogland (2000)
Est: €4,000 - €6,000
Sean McSweeney HRHA (1935-2018) April Bogland (2000) oil on canvas signed lower left and dated '00, titled verso with artist's archive no. 01.21 h:46 w:61 cm. Provenance: John Martin of London Gallery (label verso); Private Collection Although best known for its mountains such as Ben Bulben and its dramatic Atlantic coastline - recorded in many paintings by Jack B. Yeats - the county of Sligo also incorporates extensive areas of bogland, which the artist Sean McSweeney made his own, delving into these overlooked areas of peat and wetland and deriving inspiration from details such as brightly-coloured flowers standing out against a dark background of peat. McSweeney's semi-abstract paintings fall within a painterly tradition in twentieth century Irish art, one that includes Yeats, Patrick Collins and other artists who sought to capture the colours and textures and atmosphere of the West of Ireland landscape. McSweeney delighted in creating rich expressionist canvases, using broad brushstrokes, overlaying small, almost delicate, intense flashes of blue and green against a dark background. A band of colour frames the central rectangle in this lyrical and expressive composition, that suggests, rather than represents, Sligo's hinterland, wet, boggy, and rich in flora and fauna. Born in Dublin in 1935, McSweeney was largely self-taught as an artist, although he did attend evening classes at NCAD. He first exhibited at the Dawson Gallery, when he was thirty years old. Two years later, in 1967, he and Sheila Murphy married and moved to Co. Wicklow, where they lived for two decades, before settling at Ballyconnell in Co. Sligo, Sean's mother's birthplace. The schoolhouse his mother had attended became his studio Elected a member of Aosdána in 1984, his work has been shown in many exhibitions, and a retrospective was held at the Galway Arts Festival in 1990, shown subsequently at the RHA Gallery in Dublin. In 2007 a touring exhibition was shown at venues around Ireland, including the Model Arts Centre in Sligo and the Triskel in Cork. McSweeney also exhibited at the Taylor Galleries in Dublin, the Fendersky in Belfast and the John Martin Gallery in London. He is represented in many key collections in Ireland including the Ulster Museum, the Hugh Lane Gallery, and the Crawford Art Gallery, Cork. Peter Murray, September 2021
Morgan O'Driscoll
Oct. 26, 2021
Sean McSweeney HRHA (1935-2018) Pool Roskeeragh (2000)
Est: €3,000 - €5,000
Sean McSweeney HRHA (1935-2018) Pool Roskeeragh (2000) oil on canvas signed lower left and dated '00 h:35.50 w:45.80 cm. Provenance: Private Collection Having spent many years in Wicklow, Sean McSweeney and his family moved to Ballyconnell close to the sea in Co Sligo in 1985, a place familiar to him from childhood summers. The move, he reflected later, shifted the emphasis in his work from vertical to horizontal - as in this lyrical study. In the windswept landscape, he began to look down, at close range, exploring a bogland world fringed by the Atlantic. Bog pools and a seasonal cycle of vegetation provided him with an infinite range of subject matter.
Morgan O'Driscoll
Oct. 26, 2021
Sean McSweeney HRHA (1935-2018) Summer Shoreline (2012)
Est: €2,500 - €3,500
Sean McSweeney HRHA (1935-2018) Summer Shoreline (2012) oil on board signed, titled and dated 2012 verso with artist's archive No 20.17 h:20 w:27.70 cm. Provenance: Taylor Galleries, Dublin (label verso); Private Collection
Morgan O'Driscoll
Sep. 29, 2021
Sean McSweeney HRHA (1935-2018) Shoreline Watercolour, 17.5 x 25cm (7 x 9¾) Signed and dated (19)'92
Est: €700 - €1,000
Sean McSweeney HRHA (1935-2018) Shoreline Watercolour, 17.5 x 25cm (7 x 9¾) Signed and dated (19)'92
Adam's
Jun. 02, 2021
Sean McSweeney HRHA (1935-2018) - Summer Shoreline
Est: €1,500 - €2,500
Sean McSweeney HRHA (1935-2018) Summer Shoreline Oil on board, 22.5 x 30cm (8¾ x 11¾'') Signed, inscribed and dated 2012 verso Provenance: With Taylor Galleries, label verso. Starting Bid: € 1050
Adam's
Mar. 18, 2021
λ Sean McSweeney (Irish 1935-2018), Wet Land
Est: £1,500 - £2,000
λ Sean McSweeney (Irish 1935-2018)Wet LandOil on board Signed, titled, dated 93 and variously inscribed (verso)26.5 x 49.5cm (10¼ x 19¼ in.) Born in Dublin in 1935, Sean McSweeney is regarded as one of the leading 20th century Irish artists. Despite no professional training McSweeney immersed himself in art from a young age, learning from his father who was a professional artist and also by visiting the Hugh Lane Gallery in Dublin. In the 1960s, McSweeney began exhibiting regularly at the Irish Exhibition of Living Art and the Oireachtas. McSweeney has been represented by Dawson Gallery in Dublin and a retrospective was held by the Galway Arts Festival, a great accolade. McSweeney's name has become synonymous with his abstract and expressive views of the Sligo coastline.
Dreweatts 1759 Fine Sales
Oct. 27, 2020
Sean McSweeney HRHA (1935-2018) Trapped Water (1993)
Est: €3,000 - €5,000
Sean McSweeney HRHA (1935-2018) Trapped Water (1993) oil on board signed lower left and dated '94, titled verso h:61 w:45.50 cm. Provenance: Vangard Gallery, Cork (label verso); Private Collection
Morgan O'Driscoll
Oct. 27, 2020
Sean McSweeney HRHA (1935-2018) Early Spring (1996)
Est: €10,000 - €15,000
Sean McSweeney HRHA (1935-2018) Early Spring (1996) oil on canvas signed, titled and dated verso with artist's archive no. 96-175 h:147.30 w:193.50 cm. Provenance: Vangard Gallery, Cork (label verso); Private Collection Exhibited: Vangard Gallery, Cork: Sean McSweeney (From new Work) 13th October - 5th November 2005 Although he was born and grew up in Dublin, Sean McSweeney was decisively influenced as an artist by the rural backgrounds of both his parents - his father's in Co Meath and his mother's in Co Sligo. In fact his childhood summers were spent in Sligo with relatives. When he began to paint in earnest, he was drawn to landscape: the Phoenix Park and Co Wicklow. In 1967 he moved to Wicklow. The steep valleys, trees and bogland, he found, tended to suck in the light, as he put it, making for a certain darkness of tonality in much of his Wicklow work. Then, in 1984, he moved with his family to Ballyconnell in Sligo, adjacent to the sea. The building that had been the school his mother attended became his studio. Somewhat to his surprise, he found it difficult to adjust artistically to the new setting. As opposed to the verticality of Wicklow, Sligo was horizontal, defined by bogland, shoreline and sea. The sea, he found, made the light and the weather thrillingly unpredictable. He had to get used to looking down at the ground, becoming used to the windswept vegetation, the bog pools. When he did so the results were spectacular, leading to much of the best work of his life. This superb, relatively large-scale painting is an excellent example, demonstrating the striking individuality of his vision and his unrivalled attentiveness to detail, reflecting every nuance in the dynamic seasonal shifts. His affinity with such Irish artists as Patrick Collins and Nano Reid is apparent, but also Mark Rothko and Howard Hodgkin. The bold vertical division separates the glittering surface of the bog pool and the dark, peaty saturated ground. In both, spring shoots are stirring. Aidan Dunne, October 2020
Morgan O'Driscoll
Sep. 02, 2020
Sean McSweeney HRHA (1935-2018)Trees, Hollywood Wood (1979);Snow on the Quarry Hill, Hollywood, Wicklow (1979);Winter Trees (Mileys Gate), Wicklow (1979);Trees in a Wicklow Landscape (c.1980)Four watercolours, 13 x 20cm (5 x 7¾''); 14.7 x 20.3cm
Est: €800 - €1,200
Sean McSweeney HRHA (1935-2018)Trees, Hollywood Wood (1979);Snow on the Quarry Hill, Hollywood, Wicklow (1979);Winter Trees (Mileys Gate), Wicklow (1979);Trees in a Wicklow Landscape (c.1980)Four watercolours, 13 x 20cm (5 x 7¾''); 14.7 x 20.3cm (5¾ x 8''); 14.7 x 20.3cm (5¾ x 8''); 14.5 x 20.5cm (5¾ x 8'')Signed. (4)
Adam's
Sep. 02, 2020
Sean McSweeney HRHA (1935-2018)Morning Bogland Oil on canvas, 60 x 80cm (23½ x 31½'')Signed and inscribed verso
Est: €6,000 - €8,000
Sean McSweeney HRHA (1935-2018)Morning Bogland Oil on canvas, 60 x 80cm (23½ x 31½'')Signed and inscribed verso
Adam's
Dec. 04, 2019
Sean McSweeney RHA (1935-2018)Evening PoolOil on board, 22 x 33cm (8¾ x 13'')Signed and dated (20)'00; also signed and inscribed verso
Est: €1,200 - €1,600
Sean McSweeney RHA (1935-2018)Evening PoolOil on board, 22 x 33cm (8¾ x 13'')Signed and dated (20)'00; also signed and inscribed verso
Adam's
Oct. 23, 2019
Sean McSweeney RHA (1935-2018)Ballyconnell, SligoOil on canvas, 64 x 92cm (25¼ x 36)Signed and dated (19)'86; also signed and inscribed versoExhibited: Wagner Gallery, Sydney, Australia, 'Six West of Ireland Artists', c.1986, cover illustration
Est: €8,000 - €12,000
Sean McSweeney RHA (1935-2018)Ballyconnell, SligoOil on canvas, 64 x 92cm (25¼ x 36)Signed and dated (19)'86; also signed and inscribed versoExhibited: Wagner Gallery, Sydney, Australia, 'Six West of Ireland Artists', c.1986, cover illustration on the catalogue, where purchased.
Adam's
Oct. 23, 2019
Sean McSweeney RHA (1935-2018)Inlet InnishmurrayOil on board, 25 x 35cm (9¾ x 13¾)Signed and dated (19)'90; also signed, inscribed and dated versoProvenance: Sligo Art Gallery.
Est: €800 - €1,200
Sean McSweeney RHA (1935-2018)Inlet InnishmurrayOil on board, 25 x 35cm (9¾ x 13¾)Signed and dated (19)'90; also signed, inscribed and dated versoProvenance: Sligo Art Gallery.
Adam's
Oct. 23, 2019
Sean McSweeney RHA (1935-2018)Shoreline, Ballyconnell, Co. SligoOil on board, 24 x 36cm (9½ x 14¼)Signed and dated '86; also signed, inscribed and dated 1986 versoExhibited: Sligo Art Gallery.
Est: €2,000 - €3,000
Sean McSweeney RHA (1935-2018)Shoreline, Ballyconnell, Co. SligoOil on board, 24 x 36cm (9½ x 14¼)Signed and dated '86; also signed, inscribed and dated 1986 versoExhibited: Sligo Art Gallery.
Adam's
Oct. 21, 2019
Sean McSweeney HRHA (1935-2018) Autumn Bogland (2005)
Est: €1,200 - €1,600
Sean McSweeney HRHA (1935-2018) Autumn Bogland (2005) watercolour on card - triptych signed lower left and dated '05, titled verso with artist's archive No:05.21 h:26.50 w:56 cm. Provenance: Private Collection
Morgan O'Driscoll
Oct. 21, 2019
Sean McSweeney HRHA (1935-2018) April Bogland (2001)
Est: €4,000 - €6,000
Sean McSweeney HRHA (1935-2018) April Bogland (2001) oil on board signed lower left and dated '01 h:30 w:40 cm. Provenance: Sandford Gallery, Dublin; Private Collection When Sean McSweeney moved with his family to rural Co Sligo, close to Lissadell, in 1984, he was returning to the landscape of his childhood. The schoolhouse he'd attended as a child became his studio, close to his home and adjacent to his own strip of bogland, tucked in behind a rocky shoreline and stretched under a vast sky. This elemental landscape became a constantly changing source of inspiration through the seasons. McSweeney was a close day-to-day observer of the landscape, and his paintings are distillations of a wealth of elements rather than strict representational descriptions. This beautiful painting, charged with the energy and optimism of spring, is the work of an artist at the height of his powers.
Morgan O'Driscoll
Sep. 25, 2019
Sean McSweeney RHA (1935-2018)Shoreline ShapesOil on board, 14 x 35.5cm (5½ x 14'')Signed and dated (19)'87; also signed, inscribed and dated versoProvenance: With the Taylor Galleries, Dublin.
Est: €1,000 - €1,500
Sean McSweeney RHA (1935-2018)Shoreline ShapesOil on board, 14 x 35.5cm (5½ x 14'')Signed and dated (19)'87; also signed, inscribed and dated versoProvenance: With the Taylor Galleries, Dublin.
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