Currach, Clare Island ( recto ); Evening Landscape Tehidy Hospital ( recto ); Figure ( verso )

Tony O'Malley, H.R.H.A. (1913-2003) (recto); Francis Bacon (1909-1992) (verso) Currach, Clare Island (recto); Evening Landscape Tehidy Hospital (recto); Figure (verso) signed and indistinctly dated ‘TONY O’MALLEY MAY 1962’ (lower left), dedicated and dated again ‘with love to/Paddy from/Tony Aug/1962’ (on the reverse); inscribed 'Evening Landscape Tehidy Hospital' (lower right), indistinctly inscribed again and dated 'Evening Landscape/Tehidy/Hospital/1961’ (on the reverse) oil on board; oil and chalk on board 29 ¾ x 47 in. (75.5 x 119.4 cm.); 30 ¼ x 47 in. (76.8 x 119.4 cm.) (2)Figure, circa 1959, will appear in the forthcoming catalogue raisonné of Francis Bacon, edited by Martin Harrison, under the number 59-16.