Lot 97
  • 97

EVIE HONE | Cartoon for the Left Hand Stained Glass Panel, Naithi's Baptistry, Dundrum

Estimate
1,000 - 2,000 GBP
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Description

  • Evie Hone
  • Cartoon for the Left Hand Stained Glass Panel, Naithi's Baptistry, Dundrum
  • signed and dated l.r.: E. Hone. 1933
  • watercolour and gouache
  • 33 by 25cm.,13 by 9¾in.

Provenance

Gorry Gallery, Dublin, 1995

Condition

The sheet appears to be sound and not laid down, cockles slightly. There is a minor area of craquelure in the purple pigment near the upper right corner; otherwise the work appears in good overall condition. Held under glass in a gilt frame with a green painted wooden mount; unexamined out of frame. Ready to hang.
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Catalogue Note

Together with her artist and friend Mainie Jellet, Evie Hone was an important figure in introducing modern art to Dublin. They had both trained in France and studied under André Lhote and Albert Gleizes where they developed a strong appreciation for Cubism. Aside exhibiting in Dublin, Hone also exhibited at the Salon des Indépendants, Salon des Surindépendens and the Salon d’Automne in Paris. Hone was deeply religious, even joining a community of Anglican nuns in Cornwall in 1925. Her religious devotion became a significant inspiration for her artwork. This is particularly apparent after her transition from painting to stained-glass designs in 1933. Encouraged by illustrator Arthur Rackham, Hone converted her first designs into glass. These first panels, consisting of an image of The Annunciation and two abstract designs, were placed into a window in St. Nathi’s Church, Dundrum, Co. Dublin in 1934. The present work is one of these 1933 designs and demonstrates the skill with which Hone translated the Cubist style of her paintings into stained glass.