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Paul Henry, R.H.A., R.U.A.
Estimate
25,000 - 35,000 GBP
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Description
- Paul Henry, R.H.A., R.U.A.
- West of Ireland landscape
- signed l.l.: PAUL HENRY
- oil on board
- 33 by 43cm.; 13 by 17in.
- Executed circa 1933-6.
Condition
The board is sound and is very very slightly bowed in the corners. There are a few small very minor horizontal surface cracks in the sky upper right.
There is some old frame abrasion visible along the left and right edges. The surface is slightly dirty and the varnish is slightly discoloured.
Ultraviolet light reveals retouching along the left and right edges and a few scattered flecked retouchings to the sky and hills. The retouchings to the hills have discoloured slightly and are visible to the naked eye on close inspection.
Held in a metallic plaster frame.
Please telephone the department on 0207 293 5575 if you have any questions regarding the present work.
"In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective, qualified opinion. Prospective buyers should also refer to any Important Notices regarding this sale, which are printed in the Sale Catalogue.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF BUSINESS PRINTED IN THE SALE CATALOGUE."
"In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective, qualified opinion. Prospective buyers should also refer to any Important Notices regarding this sale, which are printed in the Sale Catalogue.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF BUSINESS PRINTED IN THE SALE CATALOGUE."
Catalogue Note
The fluidity of the brushwork and the light palette in this composition suggest a date of execution of around 1933-6. Given this date, the picture may represent a scene in County Kerry, which Henry first visited in 1933 and to which he returned in the autumn of the following year. 'It is lovely,' he wrote to a friend in New York after his second visit. 'Wherever one turns there is material for dozens of pictures'.
Numbered 1257 in S. B. Kennedy's ongoing cataloguing of Paul Henry's oeuvre.
We are grateful to S. B. Kennedy for his kind assistance with the cataloguing of this lot.