Patrick Collins
, Irish, 1911-1994
Title
Liffey QuaysidesDate1957
MediumOil on board
Dimensions
107 x 129.5 cm
Signedlower left: Patrick Collins '57
Credit LinePurchased, 2001
Object numberNGI.4692
ProvenanceJames Adam and Sons, Dublin, 13 December 1995, lot 68; purchased Private Collection; purchased, James Adam and Sons, Dublin, 28 March 2001, lot 115Exhibition HistoryExhibitions of Irish Painters, New York, 1963Taking Stock: Acquisitions 2000-2010, National Gallery of Ireland, Dublin, 13 March 2010 - 25 July 2010
Shades of Grey: Paintings without Colour, National Gallery of Ireland, Dublin, 2 June 2013 - 29 September 2013
Label TextThis is a recollection of the city, ‘blurred and altered by time’, spared of distracting architectural detail and apparently devoid of human activity. The Ha’penny Bridge, recognisable at the centre of the composition, serves to orientate the viewer, while the grey palette suggests at once the limestone and granite fabric of the city, overcast skies, and perhaps the neutral colours of distant memory.