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Maria Simonds-Gooding - "An Toileanach Door"

Maria Simonds-Gooding RHA (Irish, b. 1939). "An Toileanach Door" etching, n.d. Edition 42 of 65. Hand-signed with date, number, and title beneath image. A dynamic etching by Maria Simonds-Gooding titled "An Toileanach Door," translating from Irish to "The Islander Door." The composition shows light casting in from the open wooden door of a stone house, the viewer positioned on the interior looking out to an Irish field. The piece's title references the famous novel by Tomas O'Crohan "An Toileanach," which details life in the Blasket Islands and is considered both a classic of Irish-language literature and a central text of the Gaelic Revival. Simonds-Gooding settled on the Dingle Peninsula, which looks out to the Blasket Islands, in 1968. She speaks of her first visit there saying: "I was immediately captivated by its people, the Blasket Islanders, the islands themselves and the life there, the Irish language the traditions, music and the whole way of life. The starkness of the landscape was moving and inspiring." Size of image: 7.75" W x 11.5" H (19.7 cm x 29.2 cm); of frame: 15" W x 19" H (38.1 cm x 48.3 cm) About the artist: "Maria Simonds-Gooding has been identified as one of Ireland's foremost painters and printmakers to have emerged since the Sixties. Her work, which has been exhibited internationally, is represented in many public and private collections, including those of the Irish Museum of Modern Art and the Metropolitan Museum in New York. Born in India in 1939, Maria Simonds-Gooding studied at the National College of Art, Dublin, Le Centre de Peinture, Bruxelles, Bath Academy of Art, Corsham, UK from 1962 – 1968 and has lived and worked in Kerry since 1947. She was elected a member of Aosdana in 1981 and was elected full membership of the Royal Hibernian Academy in 2012." (Biography from the artist's website) RHA Directory Patrick T. Murphy writes: "Simonds-Gooding's work is in the best Modernist sense, reductivist. She deliberately absences the unnecessary and foregrounds only line and space to create essential worlds that are recognisable but not locatable. And yet it is all about locale, though those locations can be in the Sinai Desert, New Mexico or Kerry - all expose the ancient negotiation between man and land and subsistence. If the cave drawings of Lascaux are about the hunter homo sapiens then Simonds-Gooding's works are about subsistence farmers and the effect their toil has upon the land. Simonds-Gooding's fields, bound by walls or ditches, do not to signify proprietorial ownership but a place won back from the wild and untamed land that surrounds it. They are statements of defiance and endurance, places where a struggle against the elementals to eek a survivalist living has left its evidence. It is also about transcendence, her images touching something deep inside our collective unconsciousness. Her schema, elegant and beautiful, suggest an algebra of traces, specifically, mankind’s agrarian efforts in places remote and severe." Provenance: private Erie, Colorado, USA collection, acquired in the 1970s All items legal to buy/sell under U.S. Statute covering cultural patrimony Code 2600, CHAPTER 14, and are guaranteed to be as described or your money back. A Certificate of Authenticity will accompany all winning bids. We ship worldwide and handle all shipping in-house for your convenience. #189648

Maria Simonds-Gooding "Blasket Sheep" Artist's Proof

Maria Simonds-Gooding RHA (Irish, b. 1939). "Blasket Sheep" Artist Proof etching, n.d. Hand-signed in pencil with title and "Artist / Proof" beneath image. A stirring etching by Irish artist Maria Simonds-Gooding depicting three sheep on a rocky field in the Blasket Islands; an uninhabited group of islands off the west coast of the Dingle Peninsula in southwestern Ireland. The animals graze along a steep slope as a skerry rises from the sea in a distance. Based in the Dingle Peninsula, Simonds-Gooding's work frequently focuses on rugged, natural landscapes and man's struggle to survive in such places. As art critic John Yau writes: "Simonds-Gooding steadfastly believes that she can communicate both the unsympathetic reality and elemental beauty of her landscapes through the deployment of lines and abstract shapes – indications of boundaries, paths, irrigation ditches and stone walls, signs of human presence that strike, at best, a fragile alliance with nature." Size of image: 7.75" W x 9.75" H (19.7 cm x 24.8 cm); of frame: 15.25" W x 22.25" H (38.7 cm x 56.5 cm) About the artist: "Maria Simonds-Gooding has been identified as one of Ireland's foremost painters and printmakers to have emerged since the Sixties. Her work, which has been exhibited internationally, is represented in many public and private collections, including those of the Irish Museum of Modern Art and the Metropolitan Museum in New York. Born in India in 1939, Maria Simonds-Gooding studied at the National College of Art, Dublin, Le Centre de Peinture, Bruxelles, Bath Academy of Art, Corsham, UK from 1962 – 1968 and has lived and worked in Kerry since 1947. She was elected a member of Aosdana in 1981 and was elected full membership of the Royal Hibernian Academy in 2012." (Biography from the artist's website) RHA Directory Patrick T. Murphy writes: "Simonds-Gooding's work is in the best Modernist sense, reductivist. She deliberately absences the unnecessary and foregrounds only line and space to create essential worlds that are recognisable but not locatable. And yet it is all about locale, though those locations can be in the Sinai Desert, New Mexico or Kerry - all expose the ancient negotiation between man and land and subsistence. If the cave drawings of Lascaux are about the hunter homo sapiens then Simonds-Gooding's works are about subsistence farmers and the effect their toil has upon the land. Simonds-Gooding's fields, bound by walls or ditches, do not to signify proprietorial ownership but a place won back from the wild and untamed land that surrounds it. They are statements of defiance and endurance, places where a struggle against the elementals to eek a survivalist living has left its evidence. It is also about transcendence, her images touching something deep inside our collective unconsciousness. Her schema, elegant and beautiful, suggest an algebra of traces, specifically, mankind’s agrarian efforts in places remote and severe." Provenance: private Erie, Colorado, USA collection, acquired in the 1970s All items legal to buy/sell under U.S. Statute covering cultural patrimony Code 2600, CHAPTER 14, and are guaranteed to be as described or your money back. A Certificate of Authenticity will accompany all winning bids. We ship worldwide and handle all shipping in-house for your convenience. #189647

Maria Simonds-Gooding (b.1939) Down by the Lake Watercolour and pencil, 76 x 110cm (30 x 43_'') Signed, inscribed with title verso

Maria Simonds-Gooding (b.1939) Down by the Lake Watercolour and pencil, 76 x 110cm (30 x 43_'') Signed, inscribed with title verso

Maria Simonds-Gooding (b.1939) Aztec Fresco Pigment on plaster, 30.5 x 42cm Edition 1/10 Signed, inscribed and dated 1985 Provenance: With Taylor Galleries, Dublin, label verso

Maria Simonds-Gooding (b.1939) Aztec Fresco Pigment on plaster, 30.5 x 42cm Edition 1/10 Signed, inscribed and dated 1985 Provenance: With Taylor Galleries, Dublin, label verso

MARIA SIMONDS GOODING (B.1939) Harvest in the Valley Carborundum print, 69 x 97cm Signed and inscribed with title Numbered edition 18/48

MARIA SIMONDS GOODING (B.1939) Harvest in the Valley Carborundum print, 69 x 97cm Signed and inscribed with title Numbered edition 18/48

Maria Simonds-Gooding, Irish b.1939 -  Road Up To The Bog, 1985;  oil and watercolour on paper, si

Maria Simonds-Gooding, Irish b.1939 -  Road Up To The Bog, 1985;  oil and watercolour on paper, signed lower left 'M. S. Gooding', titled and dated to the reverse 'The Road Up To The Bog, 1985', 57 x 75 cm (ARR)  Provenance:  with The Solomon Gallery, London (according to the label attached to the reverse);  Saatchi & Saatchi, London 

Maria Simonds-Gooding,  Irish b.1939 - Sheep into the Bog, 1985;  oil on paper, signed lower left

Maria Simonds-Gooding,  Irish b.1939 - Sheep into the Bog, 1985;  oil on paper, signed lower left 'M. S. Gooding', 76.6 x 108.7 cm (ARR)  Provenance:  with The Solomon Gallery, London (according to the label attached to the reverse);  Saatchi & Saatchi, London 

MARIA SIMONDS-GOODING - SHEEP CROSSING THE BOG & A MONK’S ENCLOSURE ON MOUNT SINAI

Lot 132 Maria Simonds-Gooding Irish (b. 1939) Sheep Crossing The Bog & A Monk’s Enclosure on Mount Sinai etching each pencil signed lower right, one numbered 22/26 the other AP plate (largest): 19 1/4 x 25 3/4 inches plate: 18 3/4 x 25 3/4 inches Provenance: from a private New York collection lot includes 2 works

MARIA SIMONDS-GOODING - GOING INTO THE ISLAND

Lot 110 Maria Simonds-Gooding Irish (b. 1939) Going Into The Island (1982) etching pencil signed lower right, numbered 46/85 plate: 15 1/2 x 19 1/2 inches Provenance: from a private New York collection

MARIA SIMONDS-GOODING - A MONK’S ENCLOSURE ON MOUNT SINAI

Lot 102 Maria Simonds-Gooding Irish (b. 1939) A Monk’s Enclosure on Mount Sinai etching pencil signed lower right, AP plate: 18 3/4 x 25 3/4 inches Provenance: from a private New York collection

MARIA SIMONDS-GOODING - SHEEP CROSSING THE BOG

Lot 86 Maria Simonds-Gooding Irish (b. 1939) Sheep Crossing The Bog etching pencil signed lower right, numbered 22/26 plate: 19 1/4 x 25 3/4 inches Provenance: from a private New York collection

Maria Simonds-Gooding, (b. 1939, Irish), "An Toileanach - Interior", Etching on paper under Plexiglas, Sight: 9" H x 12.25" W

Maria Simonds-Gooding (b. 1939, Irish) "An Toileanach - Interior" Etching on paper under Plexiglas Edition 4/65, signed, titled and numbered in pencil lower margin Sight: 9" H x 12.25" W Provenance: The Blake Byrne Collection

Maria Simonds Gooding, Harvest + Boundary

Maria Simonds Gooding Harvest + Boundary Signed Limited Edition Lithograph on Indian Paper. 12" x 17.5"

Maria Simonds-Gooding RHA (b.1939) COMINEÓL

signed, titled and editioned in pencil in the lower margin

Maria Simonds-Gooding RHA (b.1939) DOWN BY THE LAKE, 1991

signed, titled and editioned in pencil in the lower margin

Maria Simonds-Gooding RHA (b.1939) ENCLOSURE ON A MOUNTAIN, 1989

signed, titled and inscribed in pencil in the lower margin

Maria Simonds-Gooding RHA (b.1939) GOING INTO THE ISLAND, 1982

signed, titled and numbered in the lower margin

Maria Simonds Gooding (b. 1939), oil/mixed media on paper, Cottage on Coast, signed lower left: M. Simonds Gooding, sight size 14 3/...

Maria Simonds Gooding (b. 1939), oil/mixed media on paper, Cottage on Coast, signed lower left: M. Simonds Gooding, sight size 14 3/4" x 21 1/2" Provenance: Estate of Arthur C. Pinto, MD

Maria Simonds Gooding (b. 1939), oil/mixed media on paper, Cottage on Coast, signed lower left: M. Simonds Gooding, sight size 14 3/...

Maria Simonds Gooding (b. 1939), oil/mixed media on paper, Cottage on Coast, signed lower left: M. Simonds Gooding, sight size 14 3/4" x 21 1/2" Provenance: Property from the Estate of Arthur C. Pinto MD

Maria Simonds Gooding (b. 1939), oil/mixed media on paper, Cottage on Coast, signed lower left: M. Simonds Gooding, sight size 14 3/...

Maria Simonds Gooding (b. 1939), oil/mixed media on paper, Cottage on Coast, signed lower left: M. Simonds Gooding, sight size 14 3/4" x 21 1/2" Provenance: Property from the Estate of Arthur C. Pinto MD

Maria Simonds-Gooding ARHA (b.1939) COTTAGES, WEST OF IRELAND

signed lower left and on reverse

Maria Simonds Gooding (b.1939)An t'OileanachSet of four lithographs, 24 x 33cm (2) and 33 x 23cm (2)Signed, inscribed and No.27/65

Maria Simonds Gooding (b.1939)An t'OileanachSet of four lithographs, 24 x 33cm (2) and 33 x 23cm (2)Signed, inscribed and No.27/65

Maria Simonds-Gooding ARHA (b.1939) UNTITLED [STANDING STONES]

signed lower left; with Dawson Gallery framing label on reverse

Maria Simonds-Gooding (b.1939) Harvest and Boundary

Maria Simonds-Gooding (b.1939) Harvest and Boundary limited edition lithograph signed & numbered 201/325 signed, titled & numbered h:32.75  w:46 cm. Provenance: Private Collection

Maria Simonds-Gooding (b.1939) Water Source

Maria Simonds-Gooding (b.1939) Water Source limited edition lithograph signed & numbered 77/325 signed, titled & numbered h:32  w:44.50 cm. Provenance: Private Collection

Maria Simonds-Gooding. Untitled, pen and ink

(Irish, b. 1939). Pen and ink with wash on paper, signed "Simonds-Gooding" lr, sight size: 19 1/2 x 24 1/2 in., framed

Maria Simonds-Gooding ARHA (b.1939) CLOCHÁN ON DINGLE PENINSULA (SET OF FIVE)

Maria Simonds-Gooding ARHA (b.1939) CLOCHÁN ON DINGLE PENINSULA (SET OF FIVE) etching; (5) each signed, titled and numbered in pencil in the lower margin; two with Lad Lane Gallery [Dublin] labels on reverse h:13.50  w:21.50 in. Average size given. Collection presented in matching Dawson Gallery [Dublin] frames. Titles include: Clochán on Dingle Peninsula (no. 6 from an edition of 30), Clochán on Dingle Peninsula II (1 of 65), Clochán on Dingle Peninsula II (first state), Clochán on Dingle Peninsula II (second state), Clochán on Dingle Peninsula II (third state). Total 5 works.

Maria Simonds-Gooding ARHA (b.1939) HOMESTEAD ABOVE DOWNINGS, DONEGAL

Maria Simonds-Gooding ARHA (b.1939) HOMESTEAD ABOVE DOWNINGS, DONEGAL oil on board signed lower right h:15.50  w:22 in.

Maria Simonds-Gooding (b.1939) Harvest in the

Maria Simonds-Gooding (b.1939) Harvest in the Valley Lithograph, 68 x 98cm (26.75 x 38.5'') Signed, inscribed and No. 32/48

Maria Simonds-Gooding (b. 1939), "Cultivation IV"

Maria Simonds-Gooding (b. 1939), "Cultivation IV" plaster work, signed at lower left, retaining label on the verso, presented in the original Lucite floater frame. DOA 56 x 58.25 in. Born in India to an English father and Irish mother, Maria Simonds-Gooding returned with her family to County Kerry in Ireland at the age of 6. She has maintained strong ties to Ireland since then and is one of the country's most reknowned modern artists. This painting is among her early plaster works and likely completed in the early 1970s. Daughter of Johnson and Johnson Pharmaceutical founder, Robert Wood Johnson, Evangeline Brewster Johnson Merrill was a prominent supporter of the arts at a very early point in her life. In 1943, she was made a Fellow in Perpetuity of the Metropolitan Museum of Art; throughout her life she was a patron of several museums, including the Peabody Museum of Yale University. Her philosophy and passion for art is well defined in a letter to a family member dated January 20, 1970, in which she seeks support for The Norton Gallery, "Art, together with Science, constitutes the highest form of human evolution, and I think you will agree that their preservation and development become a most important civic responsibility of us all. Museums preserve the inspired art of the past and the challenging art of the present in order to stimulate and enlarge our culture pattern." Evangeline was particularly interested in promoting contemporary artists, encountering many throughout her travels and work with the United Nations. She had a particular interest in Middle Eastern and Continental artists, as illustrated in the collection offered here. She lived with her collection, sharing it with others while entertaining at her home. Numerous works from her collection, by such important artists as Klee and Kandinsky, are in the collections of MOMA and The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Estate of the Late Evangeline Brewster Johnson Merrill and by descent to the consignor Some flaking; area of loss to plaster; crack to surface; surface grime.

Maria Simonds-Gooding ARHA (b.1939) CLIFF DWELLING

signed in pencil lower right; titled centre; numbered lower left; with inscribed Graphic Studio [Dublin] label on reverse

Maria Simonds-Gooding ARHA (b.1939) MOSES ASCENDING MOUNT SINAI

Maria Simonds-Gooding (Irish, 1938)

Passing of Time II. Oil on canvas with applied materials. 40 x 50 inches. Framed.

Maria Simonds-Gooding (Irish, born 1938) Landscape with haystacks 55.4 x 76 cm. (21 3/4 x 30 in.)

Landscape with haystacks signed 'Simonds Gooding' (lower left) oil on canvas 55.4 x 76 cm. (21 3/4 x 30 in.)

MARIA SIMONDS-GOODING (BORN 1939, IRISH) Signed

MARIA SIMONDS-GOODING (BORN 1939, IRISH) Signed Oil on Canvas "Mount Brandon" 15" x 25"

Maria Simonds-Gooding (Irish, born 1938) Landscape with haystacks 55.4 x 76 cm. (21 3/4 x 30 in.)

Landscape with haystacks signed 'Simonds Gooding' (lower left) oil on canvas 55.4 x 76 cm. (21 3/4 x 30 in.)

MARIA SIMONDS-GOODING (b.1939) Slea Head from the

MARIA SIMONDS-GOODING (b.1939) Slea Head from the Blaskets Mixed media, 36 x 51cm Signed

MARIA SIMONDS-GOODING (BORN 1939, IRISH) Signed

MARIA SIMONDS-GOODING (BORN 1939, IRISH) Signed Oil on Canvas "Mount Brandon" 15" x 25"

Maria Simonds-Gooding ARHA (b.1939) - AN GRAIGH, 2009

aluminium signed, titled and dated on reverse; also with artist's details inscribed on reverse

Maria Simonds-Gooding ARHA (b.1939) - CONNECTING BOUNDARY LINE, 2004

plaster with grog signed lower centre; with title and artist's studio address [Tralee, Co. Kerry] on reverse

Maria Simonds-Gooding ARHA (b.1939) - COMINEOL

etching (artist's proof) signed in the margin lower right; titled centre; inscribed "artist's proof" lower left

Maria Simonds-Gooding ARHA (b.1939) - SHEEP OF THE WEST III

etching (no. 37 from and edition of 85) signed in the margin lower right; titled centre; numbered lower left

Maria Simonds-Gooding ARHA (b.1939) - THE DOLPHIN AND THE OTTERS IN PRAISE

etching (no.14 from an edition of 45) signed in the margin lower right; titled centre; numbered lower left

Maria Simonds-Gooding (Irish, born 1938) Coastal scene 70.5 x 91 cm. (27 3/4 x 35 3/4 in.)

Coastal scene signed 'M SIMONDS.GOODING' (lower right) oil on canvas 70.5 x 91 cm. (27 3/4 x 35 3/4 in.)

Maria Simonds-Gooding (b.1939)

ENCLOSURE ON A MOUNTAIN signed in the margin lower right; titled centre; numbered lower left

Maria Simonds-Gooding (Irish, born 1938) Coastal scene 70.5 x 91 cm. (27 3/4 x 35 3/4 in.)

Coastal scene signed 'M SIMONDS.GOODING' (lower right) oil on canvas 70.5 x 91 cm. (27 3/4 x 35 3/4 in.)

Maria Simonds-Gooding (Irish, born 1938) Landscape with haystacks 55.4 x 76 cm. (21 3/4 x 30 in.)

Landscape with haystacks signed 'Simonds Gooding' (lower left) oil on canvas 55.4 x 76 cm. (21 3/4 x 30 in.)

Maria Simonds-Gooding (b.1939)

MOUNT BRANDON, COUNTY KERRY, 1965