1950s Vintage CONNEMARA GALWAY IRELAND Tweed Picture Irish Folk Art Collage N/R

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1950s Vintage CONNEMARA GALWAY IRELAND Tweed Picture Irish Folk Art Collage N/R:
$24.00

Marion Fagan (Irish, mid-20th century)

Connemara Co., Galway: A Tweed Picture

Paint and woven textiles on hardboard

Circa 1950s - 1960s

Signed at right center “M. Fagan\"; the artist’s handwritten and printed label on the frame backing

Approx. 18 x 10 in.; housed in the original period painted wood frame measuring 20.5 x 12.75 in. overall

Summary of visual elements: A colorful, texturally rich image of several dwellings at water\'s edge, with mountains looming in the background

In excellent, beautifully preserved condition

Comments: A handsome example of this distinctive mid-century Irish folk art form, which made use of local textiles from Ireland’s bustling woolen trade. The label on the back reads in full: “Connemara Co., Galway, Genuine Donegal Handwoven ‘Round Tower’ Tweed Picture, By Marion Fagen, Dublin.”

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