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Louis le Brocquy
STUDY OF JAMES JOYCE
Lot 36
Price Realised:
€18,000
Estimate:
€18,000 - €22,000
Louis le Brocquy HRHA, 1916-2012
STUDY OF JAMES JOYCE
Watercolour, 24" x 18 1/4"" (61 x 46cm), signed, inscribed with Opus no and dated '79. Opus no. W446.
Provenance: Galerie Jeanne Bucher, France (label verso).
This watercolour was one of... Read more
Lot 36
Louis le Brocquy
STUDY OF JAMES JOYCE
STUDY OF JAMES JOYCE
Watercolour, 24" x 18 1/4"" (61 x 46cm), signed, inscribed with Opus no and dated '79. Opus no. W446.
Provenance: Galerie Jeanne Bucher, France (label verso).
This watercolour was one of... Read more
Lot 36
Louis le Brocquy
STUDY OF JAMES JOYCE
Estimate:
€18,000 - €22,000
Louis le Brocquy HRHA, 1916-2012
STUDY OF JAMES JOYCE
Watercolour, 24" x 18 1/4"" (61 x 46cm), signed, inscribed with Opus no and dated '79. Opus no. W446.
Provenance: Galerie Jeanne Bucher, France (label verso).
This watercolour was one of a series exhibited in Paris in 1979. In Dorothy Walker's book on the artist, she states 'these paintings and watercolours were exhibited by Jean-Francois Jaeger at the Gallerie Jeanne Bucher, Paris, in November 1979 and received generous understanding from many of the French critics. But in Jean Francois Jaeger himself, le Brocquy seemed to have found again a perceptive, committed gallery dealer in the mould of Charles Gimpel. '
In a letter to the artist Jaeger wrote:
"The watercolour of Joyce will remain near me as a token of our first meeting. I feel it generating a boundless energy from the confluence of a few water stains into which all rivers flow. Never more than here has the absence of matter suggested the presence of substance. I shall wait your new images, hoping they will be ever more open, evocative and radiant with that element which, in the life of the exceptional beings you paint, reached far beyond their human condition."
(Ref Louis le Brocquy, by Dorothy Walker, p.62-65)
STUDY OF JAMES JOYCE
Watercolour, 24" x 18 1/4"" (61 x 46cm), signed, inscribed with Opus no and dated '79. Opus no. W446.
Provenance: Galerie Jeanne Bucher, France (label verso).
This watercolour was one of a series exhibited in Paris in 1979. In Dorothy Walker's book on the artist, she states 'these paintings and watercolours were exhibited by Jean-Francois Jaeger at the Gallerie Jeanne Bucher, Paris, in November 1979 and received generous understanding from many of the French critics. But in Jean Francois Jaeger himself, le Brocquy seemed to have found again a perceptive, committed gallery dealer in the mould of Charles Gimpel. '
In a letter to the artist Jaeger wrote:
"The watercolour of Joyce will remain near me as a token of our first meeting. I feel it generating a boundless energy from the confluence of a few water stains into which all rivers flow. Never more than here has the absence of matter suggested the presence of substance. I shall wait your new images, hoping they will be ever more open, evocative and radiant with that element which, in the life of the exceptional beings you paint, reached far beyond their human condition."
(Ref Louis le Brocquy, by Dorothy Walker, p.62-65)
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PLEASE BID EARLY TO AVOID DISAPPOINTMENT.
In order to allow rival bidders the opportunity to respond to a late bid the following extensions will apply:
IF A BID IS RECEIVED WITHIN THE FINAL 45 SECONDS OF THE COUNTDOWN THE CLOCK WILL RESET TO 60 SECONDS.
At any point you can leave a maximum bid, representing the highest price you are prepared to pay for a particular lot. Bidding only advances when there is competition from a rival bidder. In that case the system bids on your behalf, only up to the maximum if required. All bids are relayed to you be email, along with notification if you have been outbid.
All maximum bids are confidential and not disclosed. The system will endeavor to purchase the lot for you for the least price. Bids are subject to buyer’s premium of 25% (incl vat), with no additional charges.
In the event of a tied bid, the preference will be given to the bid submitted first. The second bidder will receive immediate notification of being outbid.
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