Louis le Brocquy
RECOLLECTED FRUIT
Lot 10
Price Realised:
€9,500
Estimate:
€10,000 - €15,000
Louis le Brocquy HRHA, 1916-2012
RECOLLECTED FRUIT, 1985
Oil on canvas, 13" x 14 1/4" (33 x 36.2cm), signed, inscribed and dated 1985 verso.
Le Brocquy painted still-life throughout his life but is particularly known for his studies of ...
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Lot 10
Louis le Brocquy
RECOLLECTED FRUIT
Lot 10
Louis le Brocquy
RECOLLECTED FRUIT
Estimate:
€10,000 - €15,000
Louis le Brocquy HRHA, 1916-2012
RECOLLECTED FRUIT, 1985
Oil on canvas, 13" x 14 1/4" (33 x 36.2cm), signed, inscribed and dated 1985 verso.
Le Brocquy painted still-life throughout his life but is particularly known for his studies of fruit which began in the '50s. He turned to this subject more frequently after his move to Carros on the Cote D'Azur where lusciously ripe fruit were plentiful. They were undoubtedly as visually tempting to paint as they were to eat!
As is typical in his other work, le Brocquy deconstructs his original subject and reconstitutes it in a way that aims to capture some essential aspect of it. The artist uses the medium of paint to celebrate their seductive, sensuous appeal, the artist offers apples, plums and grapes to us as precious jewels.
RECOLLECTED FRUIT, 1985
Oil on canvas, 13" x 14 1/4" (33 x 36.2cm), signed, inscribed and dated 1985 verso.
Le Brocquy painted still-life throughout his life but is particularly known for his studies of fruit which began in the '50s. He turned to this subject more frequently after his move to Carros on the Cote D'Azur where lusciously ripe fruit were plentiful. They were undoubtedly as visually tempting to paint as they were to eat!
As is typical in his other work, le Brocquy deconstructs his original subject and reconstitutes it in a way that aims to capture some essential aspect of it. The artist uses the medium of paint to celebrate their seductive, sensuous appeal, the artist offers apples, plums and grapes to us as precious jewels.
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