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Tony O'Malley HRHA (1913-2003) April (1984) oil and collage on wood signed, titled and dated April 1984 verso with artist's archive No. 1403 h:43.20  w:25 cm. Provenance: deVere's, Dublin, 6th March 2001 lot no 138; Private Collection Tony O'Malley's main medium was paint in the conventional sense of oil paint or watercolour on canvas, wood panel or paper, but he was also an habitual bricoleur, who would turn to whatever was at hand to make art. More, he was fond of found objects and materials with a history. In this fine mixed media painted construction, redolent of the shore and the rhythms of the sea, he collages strips of hardboard onto wood panel, forming the basis for a fine, lyrical arrangement of shapes, colours, textures and tone. Aidan Dunne, March 2023