Lot 76: Thurloe Conolly (b.1918) Amazed Bird Mixed media

Thurloe Conolly (b.1918) Amazed Bird Mixed media on board, 59 x 44cm (23.25 x 17.25") Signed and inscribed verso Exhibited : The Victor Waddington Galleries Dublin, Summer Exhibition of Contemporary Irish Painting and Sculpture July - August 1953, Catalogue no. 4 (Gallery III) "Amazed Bird" whose title is obviously a play on its Amazonian influence was exhibited at The Waddington Galleries and hung in Gallery III alongside works by Ireland's greatest 20th century painters including Gerard Dillon, Nano Reid, Norah Mc Guinness, Louis Le Brocquy and Colin Middleton and carried a price tag of £50.0.0.