Louis le Brocquy, H.R.H.A. b.1916

Estimate

2,500 - 3,500 GBP

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Description

Louis le Brocquy, H.R.H.A.
Image of Samuel Beckett
signed in pencil; signed, titled and inscribed BORJESON EDITION PROOF / TRIAL PROOF OVERPAINTED IN WATERCOLOUR 1998 on the reverse
aquatint with watercolour
31 by 24cm.; 12¼ by 9½in.

Catalogue Note

le Brocquy met Beckett in Paris in 1978 however, he first used Beckett as a subject in 1965 when he painted Reconstructed Head of Samuel Beckett (Opus no.171). They became good friends during the last eleven years of Beckett's life and le Brocquy illustrated Stirrings Still which was published in 1988. He also designed the costumes and the set for Walter Asmus's production of Waiting for Godot in 1988, the year before Beckett's death.