€3m in art donated to State

SOME 60 paintings, worth almost €3 million, were donated to the State last year, according to the Revenue 2003 Annual Report.

They included work by Walter Osborne, Roderic O’Connor, William John Leech and Jack B Yeats.

Under the Taxes Consolidation Act 1997 there is full credit against tax liability for such donations to the State.

The art works include:

A painting entitled Mrs Healy Chadwick and her Daughter by Walter Osborne, valued at €550,000.

A painting, pictured right, entitled Nature Morte aux Pommes et aux Pots Breton by Roderic O’Connor, valued at €535,144.

A painting entitled Interior of a Café by William John Leech, valued at €327,962.

A painting entitled Old Walls by Jack B Yeats, valued at €134,004.

The paintings are now part of the permanent collection at the National Gallery and are on public display.

There were also collections of 37 art works, valued at €825,000 and two sets of nine art works, both valued at €212,000, donated to the State.