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Paul Henry
COTTAGES IN THE WEST
Lot 66
Result:
Not Sold
Estimate:
€50,000 - €70,000
Paul Henry RHA, 1876-1958
COTTAGES IN THE WEST
Oil on panel, 7 1/2" x 10" (19 x 25.5cm), signed.
Provenance: Sold these rooms, Irish Art Auction, 30/09/2014, no.12.
Literature: 'Paul Henry: Paintings Drawings Illustrations' by Dr. S. ...
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Lot 66
Paul Henry
COTTAGES IN THE WEST
Lot 66
Paul Henry
COTTAGES IN THE WEST
Estimate:
€50,000 - €70,000
Paul Henry RHA, 1876-1958
COTTAGES IN THE WEST
Oil on panel, 7 1/2" x 10" (19 x 25.5cm), signed.
Provenance: Sold these rooms, Irish Art Auction, 30/09/2014, no.12.
Literature: 'Paul Henry: Paintings Drawings Illustrations' by Dr. S. B. Kennedy, Cat. No. 1287.
This appears to be a later variation of a composition that Henry first made in 1923-4, namely Connemara, which in 1925 was reproduced and widely placed by the London Midland and Scottish Railway Company in travel bureaux throughout Great Britain and Ireland. The original picture (see S. B. Kennedy, Paul Henry: with a catalogue of the Paintings, Drawings, Illustrations, Yale University Press, New Haven and London, 2007, p. 223, catalogue number 602, illustrated)-which was exhibited at the Fourteenth Venice Biennale in 1924-shows a broader view of the landscape, with the land to the left hand side falling steeply, but the massing of the clouds, the profile of the mountains, the cottages and the roadway remain much as before. The handling of the paint, however, is now looser than in the original composition and the impasto is heavier, the brush strokes too being more precise in application. Cottages in the West is numbered 1287 in S. B. Kennedy's ongoing cataloguing of Paul Henry's oeuvre. Dated c. 1940s on stylistic grounds.
Dr. S B Kennedy, August 2014
COTTAGES IN THE WEST
Oil on panel, 7 1/2" x 10" (19 x 25.5cm), signed.
Provenance: Sold these rooms, Irish Art Auction, 30/09/2014, no.12.
Literature: 'Paul Henry: Paintings Drawings Illustrations' by Dr. S. B. Kennedy, Cat. No. 1287.
This appears to be a later variation of a composition that Henry first made in 1923-4, namely Connemara, which in 1925 was reproduced and widely placed by the London Midland and Scottish Railway Company in travel bureaux throughout Great Britain and Ireland. The original picture (see S. B. Kennedy, Paul Henry: with a catalogue of the Paintings, Drawings, Illustrations, Yale University Press, New Haven and London, 2007, p. 223, catalogue number 602, illustrated)-which was exhibited at the Fourteenth Venice Biennale in 1924-shows a broader view of the landscape, with the land to the left hand side falling steeply, but the massing of the clouds, the profile of the mountains, the cottages and the roadway remain much as before. The handling of the paint, however, is now looser than in the original composition and the impasto is heavier, the brush strokes too being more precise in application. Cottages in the West is numbered 1287 in S. B. Kennedy's ongoing cataloguing of Paul Henry's oeuvre. Dated c. 1940s on stylistic grounds.
Dr. S B Kennedy, August 2014
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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.
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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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