Description
PAUL HENRY, R.H.A., R.U.A.
1876-1958
SHOWERY DAY, CONNEMARA
signed l.l.: PAUL HENRY
oil on canvasboard
25.5 by 30.5cm., 10 by 12in.
Condition Report
The canvasboard appears sound, very slightly bowed near left edge. The work has a light clean recently and appears in very good overall condition, ready to hang.
Under ultraviolet light there appear to be no signs of retouching.
Held in a gilt moulded frame.
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Provenance
Purchased in Dublin by the present owners' uncle circa 1942 and thence by descent
Literature
Possibly S. B. Kennedy, Paul Henry, Yale University Press, New Haven & London, 2007, no.1022, p.302
Exhibited
Possibly Dublin, Combridge's Gallery, Recent Paintings by Paul Henry, 1941, no.30
