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Charles Tyrrell (b.1950) UNTITLED 9, 1980

Charles Tyrrell (b.1950) UNTITLED 9, 1980 acrylic and graphite on timber signed and dated on reverse h:39.25  w:39.50 in.

Charles Tyrrell (b.1950) Formal Talks (1994)

Charles Tyrrell (b.1950) Formal Talks (1994) oil on canvas laid on board signed and dated 'Tyrrell '94' on the stretcher lower right h:88.70  w:88.70 cm. Provenance: Austin Desmond Fine Art, London, where purchased by the present owner

CHARLES TYRRELL (B.1950) BORDERLAND XXX1 Oil on board, 88.8 x 88.8cm (35 x 35) Signed; also signed,

CHARLES TYRRELL (B.1950) BORDERLAND XXX1 Oil on board, 88.8 x 88.8cm (35 x 35) Signed; also signed, inscribed with title and dated 1991 verso Provenance: Collection of Vini O'Driscoll SC; Sale, Whytes, Dublin 30/05/2016, lot 78 Exhibited: Dublin, Taylor Galleries Literature: 'The borderland paintings', Gandon Editions 1991

Charles Tyrrell (b.1950) BORDERLAND, XXVII, 1991

Charles Tyrrell (b.1950) BORDERLAND, XXVII, 1991 oil on canvas laid on panel; (unframed) signed lower right; signed, titled, dated and with Taylor Galleries label on reverse h:35  w:35 in. Provenance: Taylor Galleries, Dublin; Private collection

CHARLES TYRRELL (b.1950)Plate 5Oil on aluminium, 33 x 33cmSigned and dated (19)'99 versoTaylor Gallery label verso

CHARLES TYRRELL (b.1950)Plate 5Oil on aluminium, 33 x 33cmSigned and dated (19)'99 versoTaylor Gallery label verso

Charles Tyrrell (b.1950) Swing (1989)

Charles Tyrrell (b.1950) Swing (1989) oil on board signed, titled and dated 1989 verso h:120  w:120 cm. Provenance: Whyte's, Dublin, 23rd February 2015, Lot 40; Private Collection One of Ireland's foremost abstract painters, Charles Tyrrell moved to the edge of the ocean on the Beara Peninsula in 1984 after many years in Dublin. Observers noted that the atmosphere of the place influenced the work, as here for example, of this most urban of artists. Geometric subdivisions underly virtually all of his compositions. The diagonals making four triangles here inspired speculation that he might have in mind a reference to the four provinces.

Charles Tyrrell, Crossover

Charles Tyrrell Crossover Signed Limited Edition Print 12" x 16"

Charles Tyrrell (b.1950)C3.09Oil on canvas laid down on board, 94 x 47cm (67 x 18½)Signed, inscribed and dated 2009 verso, inscribed with title versoExhibited: Cork, Crawford Gallery, 2011 'Charles Tyrrell - New Large-Scale Works'

Charles Tyrrell (b.1950)C3.09Oil on canvas laid down on board, 94 x 47cm (67 x 18½)Signed, inscribed and dated 2009 verso, inscribed with title versoExhibited: Cork, Crawford Gallery, 2011 'Charles Tyrrell - New Large-Scale Works'

Charles Tyrrell (b.1950) Swing (1989)

Charles Tyrrell (b.1950) Swing (1989) oil on board signed, titled and dated 1989 on reverse h:120  w:120 cm. Provenance: Whyte's, Dublin, 23rd February 2015, Lot 40; Private Collection One of Ireland's foremost abstract artists, Charles Tyrrell makes works in series. His paintings are process-driven and the starting point is usually a symmetrical subdivision of the surface. Here diagonals divide a square into four right-angled triangles. There is some interplay between the areas but mostly each seems animated by its own internal energy: a four seasons, perhaps? Tyrrell is not a landscape artist, but it has been noted that his palette and textures became notably atmospheric following his move to the Beara Peninsula in 1984.

Charles Tyrrell (b.1950) UNTITLED, 1975

signed and dated on reverse

Charles Tyrrell (b.1950) PORTRAIT OF A WOMAN, 1973

signed and dated lower right

Charles Tyrrell (b.1950) P4.09

signed and dated on reverse; with Taylor galleries label inscribed with name, title and medium on reverse

Charles Tyrrell (b.1950)Crossover Etching, 22.3 x 22.3cmSigned and dated '93, inscribed with title and numbered 147/600Published by The Graphic Studio Dublin

Charles Tyrrell (b.1950)Crossover Etching, 22.3 x 22.3cmSigned and dated '93, inscribed with title and numbered 147/600Published by The Graphic Studio Dublin

Charles Tyrrell (b.1950)C5.06Oil on canvas laid on board, 89 x 89cm (35 x 35'')Signed and dated 2006 versoProvenance: With the Taylor Galleries, Dublin

Charles Tyrrell (b.1950)C5.06Oil on canvas laid on board, 89 x 89cm (35 x 35'')Signed and dated 2006 versoProvenance: With the Taylor Galleries, Dublin

Charles Tyrrell (b.1950)P4.08Oil on aluminium, 26 x 26cm (10¼ x 10¼'')Signed and dated 2008 versoProvenance: With the Taylor Galleries

Charles Tyrrell (b.1950)P4.08Oil on aluminium, 26 x 26cm (10¼ x 10¼'')Signed and dated 2008 versoProvenance: With the Taylor Galleries

Charles Tyrrell (b.1950)P2.08Oil on aluminium, 26 x 26cm (10¼ x 10¼'')Signed and dated 2008 versoProvenance: With the Taylor GalleriesCharles Tyrrell was born in Trim, Co. Meath, Ireland, in 1950. He studied painting at the National College of

Charles Tyrrell (b.1950)P2.08Oil on aluminium, 26 x 26cm (10¼ x 10¼'')Signed and dated 2008 versoProvenance: With the Taylor GalleriesCharles Tyrrell was born in Trim, Co. Meath, Ireland, in 1950. He studied painting at the National College of Art and Design in Dublin, graduating in 1974. His work is represented in all major Irish collections and in 1982 he was made a member of Aosdána. He lives and works in Allihies on the Beara Peninsula in Co. Cork. This landscape is fundamental to his work as a painter, remotely sequestered against the wild Atlantic coast. However, the relationship between his environment and his paintings is not a straightforward case of image and representation. It is rather that Tyrrell’s abstract canvases are imbued with the sense of the landscape’s structures, exploring its fundamental shapes and forms, which take on a profound simplicity of expression. Built on a geometric grid, traversing the canvas into sections, a delicate but dynamic equilibrium is played out between the horizontal and vertical lines. In this manner he explores the more traditional aspects of landscape painting, boundaries, horizon lines, perspectives. While his work moves beyond resemblance it still focuses on questions of identifying our landscape through patterns, textures or colours, all of which frame, in the form of a literal and metaphorical grid, the act of perception. He has just had a successful exhibition at the Taylor Galleries Dublin.

Charles Tyrrell (b.1950) P18.06 (2006)

Charles Tyrrell (b.1950) P18.06 (2006) oil on aluminium signed, titled & dated on reverse h:33.10  w:33.10 cm. Provenance: Taylor Galleries, Dublin (label verso); Private Collection

Charles Tyrrell (b.1950) Swing (1988)

Charles Tyrrell (b.1950) Swing (1988) oil on board signed, titled & dated on reverse h:120  w:120 cm. Provenance: Whyte''s, Dublin, 23rd February 2015 Lot 40; Private Collection Charles Tyrrell was born in Trim, Co. Meath in 1950. He studied painting at the National College of Art and Design, Dublin, graduating in 1974. He lives and works in Allihies on the Beara Peninsula in Co. Cork. Tyrrell is a member of Aosdána, an affiliation of creative artists, established by the Arts Council of Ireland to honour those artists whose work has made an outstanding contribution to the arts in Ireland.

Charles Tyrrell (b.1950) REENTRISK SQUARE III, 1992

signed lower right; signed, titled and dated with location [Allihies, 1992] on reverse

Charles Tyrrell (b.1950) C7.06

Charles Tyrrell (b.1950) C7.06 oil on canvas signed, titled & dated 2006 on reverse h:152.50  w:152.50 cm. Provenance: Private Collection

Charles Tyrrell (b.1950) CROSSOVER, 1993

Charles Tyrrell (b.1950) CROSSOVER, 1993 etching; (no. 550 from an edition of 600) signed and dated lower right; titled lower centre; numbered lower left h:8.75  w:8.75 in.

Charles Tyrrell (b.1950) P16.06

Charles Tyrrell (b.1950) P16.06 oil, aluminium with final light coat of gamblin cold wax (in original wooden box) signed, titled & dated 2006 on reverse h:33  w:33 cm. Provenance: Taylor Gallery, Dublin Private Collection

Charles Tyrrell (b.1950) PLATE 11, 1999

Charles Tyrrell (b.1950) PLATE 11, 1999 oil on aluminium signed and dated on reverse; with Taylor Galleries label on reverse h:13  w:13 in. Provenance: Taylor Galleries, Dublin; Private collection

Charles Tyrrell (b.1950) BORDERLAND XXXI, 1991

Charles Tyrrell (b.1950) BORDERLAND XXXI, 1991 oil on canvas laid on board signed lower right; signed, titled and dated on reverse; with typed Taylor Galleries label on reverse h:35  w:35 in. Provenance: Taylor Galleries, Dublin; Collection of Jim O'Driscoll SC

Charles Tyrrell (b.1950) P16.06

Charles Tyrrell (b.1950) P16.06 oil, aluminium with final light coat of gamblin cold wax (in original wooden box) signed, titled & dated 2006 on reverse h:33  w:33 cm. Provenance: Taylor Gallery, Dublin Private Collection

Charles Tyrrell (b.1950) C13.06

Charles Tyrrell (b.1950) C13.06 oil on canvas laid on board signed, titled and dated on reverse h:35  w:35 in. Provenance: The Collection of the late Jim O'Driscoll SC

Charles Tyrrell

Charles Tyrrell P7.02 Oil on Aluminium 10" x 10"

Charles Tyrrell (b.1950) Allihies (2002)

Charles Tyrrell (b.1950) Allihies (2002) oil on canvas mounted on board signed on stretcher & dated '02, signed, titled & dated on reverse & artist's archive no. C5.02 h:89  w:89 cm. Provenance: Fenton Gallery, Cork (label verso) Private Collection

Charles Tyrrell

Charles Tyrrell P7.02 Oil on Aluminium Unframed 10" x 10"

Charles Tyrrell (b.1950) SWING, 1988

Charles Tyrrell (b.1950) SWING, 1988 oil on board signed, titled and dated on reverse h:47.50  w:47 in.

Charles Tyrrell (b.1950) Cross Flow Oil on canvas 175 x 175cm (68.75 x 68.75'') Signed, inscribed and dated 1987 verso

Charles Tyrrell (b.1950) Cross Flow Oil on canvas 175 x 175cm (68.75 x 68.75'') Signed, inscribed and dated 1987 verso

Charles Tyrrell (b.1950) Abstract c.1988 Oil on canvas 175 x 175cm

Charles Tyrrell (b.1950) Abstract c.1988 Oil on canvas 175 x 175cm

Charles Tyrrell (b.1950) UNTITLED 4, 1981

signed, inscribed and dated on reverse; with Taylor Galleries exhibition label on reverse

Charles Tyrrell P7.02

Charles Tyrrell P7.02 Oil on Aluminium Unframed10" x 10"

Charles Tyrrell (b.1950) UNTITLED 4, 1981

signed, inscribed and dated on reverse; with Taylor Galleries exhibition label on reverse

CHARLES TYRRELL B.1950 C9.05 Oil on canvas laid on

CHARLES TYRRELL B.1950 C9.05 Oil on canvas laid on timber, 35" x 35" (89 x 89cm), signed & inscribed "Allihies 2005" verso. Provenance: Fenton Gallery, Cork (label verso).

CHARLES TYRRELL B. 1950 C7.05 Oil on canvas laid

CHARLES TYRRELL B. 1950 C7.05 Oil on canvas laid on timber, 35" x 35" (89 x 89cm), signed & inscribed "Allihies 2005" verso. Provenance: Fenton Gallery, Cork

Charles Tyrrell (b.1950) WB2, 2005

Charles Tyrrell (b.1950) XIV, [ALLIHIES, WEST CORK] 1995

signed, numbered [XIV], titled and dated on reverse

Charles Tyrrell (b.1950) PLUNGE, 1988

signed and dated on reverse; titled and with artist's name on inscribed label on reverse; also with GPA Art Collection [1989] label [numbered 164] on reverse

Charles Tyrrell (b.1950) UNTITLED, 1981

signed, inscribed and dated on reverse; with inscribed Taylor Galleries exhibition label on reverse

Charles Tyrrell (b.1950) WB1 Woodblock print, 100

Charles Tyrrell (b.1950) WB1 Woodblock print, 100 x 100cms (39.5 x 39.5") From an edition of 75 Published by Stoney Road Press 2005

Charles Tyrrell (b.1950) P17.06, 2006

Charles Tyrrell (b.1950) P17.06, 2006 oil on aluminium with typed Taylor Galleries exhibition label on reverse 33 by 33cm., 13 by 13in. Provenance: Taylor Galleries, Dublin; Private collection Contained in purpose made wooden Taylor Galleries presentation box.

Charles Tyrrell (b.1950) SLOW TURN, 1987

Charles Tyrrell (b.1950) SLOW TURN, 1987 oil on canvas signed, titled and dated on reverse 178 by 175cm., 70 by 69in. Charles Tyrrell was born in Trim, Co Meath, in 1950. He studied at the National College of Art and Design from 1969 to 1974. Trips to the United States, where he was struck by the work of a range of American painters including Mark Rothko, Willem de Kooning, Morris Louis, Kenneth Noland and others, encouraged him to work on a scale that was unusually large in Ireland at the time. He quickly established himself as an abstract painter of real boldness and ability. He developed a personal, grid-based pictorial vocabulary based on rhythmic subdivisions of the picture plane, combining textural painting with lines, angles and arcs, an "intuitive geometry." As he remarked in an interview with Brian Fallon in 1993, though, he was not hung up on a purist definition of abstraction: "I do not regard the abstract stance as an entrenched one..." Having been based in inner city Dublin, in 1984 he moved with his family to live and work in a house overlooking the sea near Allihies on the Beara Peninsula. Exposed to the elements, it's a spectacular setting by any standard, and it's fair to say that it brought Tyrrell into the closest engagement with the landscape that we have seen in his paintings to date. Slow Turn is one of a series of large, square-formatted paintings first exhibited at the Douglas Hyde Gallery in Dublin in 1987 (in a two-person show, with Theo McNab, titled 'Surface and Structure'). All the pictures display the same diagonal pattern, their geometry underpinning passages of beautifully atmospheric textural painting. They don't represent the landscape directly, but they are certainly responsive to its shifting light, its colour and its subtle tonality. As he noted himself at the time: "It is hard not to see my work as landscape but I have not consciously gone after it..." Writing in 1994, Dorothy Walker described this group of paintings as "certainly his finest from that period." In them, Tyrrell acknowledges his debt to some Irish artists, notably Barrie Cooke and Patrick Collins. Aidan Dunne April, 2010

Charles Tyrrell (b.1950) SHADOW LINES VI, 1998

Charles Tyrrell (b.1950) SHADOW LINES VI, 1998 oil on canvas laid on board signed, titled and dated on reverse 122 by 122cm., 48 by 48in. Provenance:

Charles Tyrrell (b.1950) C13.06

Charles Tyrrell (b.1950) C13.06 oil on canvas laid on board signed, titled and dated on reverse 89 by 89cm., 35 by 35in.