Irish Art
Irish Art
Property from the Collection of Sir Michael Smurfit
Sir William Orpen R.A., R.H.A.
A Woman Thinking - Portrait of Miss Sinclair
Lot Closed
November 23, 04:34 PM GMT
Estimate
70,000 - 100,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
Property from the Collection of Sir Michael Smurfit
Sir William Orpen R.A., R.H.A.
1878 - 1931
A Woman Thinking - Portrait of Miss Sinclair
signed ORPEN (upper right)
oil on canvas
unframed: 79 by 66cm.; 31 by 26in.
framed: 95 by 82cm.; 37½ by 32¼in.
Executed in 1930.
We are grateful for Kenneth McConkey for his kind assistance with the cataloguing of the present work.
Albert Henry Stanley, Lord Ashfield (1874-1948)
Sale, Sotheby’s, London, 13 May 1987, lot 89
Taylor Gallery, London, where acquired by Sir Michael Smurfit
Sale, Sotheby’s, London, 13 May 1987, lot 89
Taylor Gallery, London, where acquired by Sir Michael Smurfit
P. G. Konody & Sidney Dark, Sir William Orpen, Artist and Man, Seeley Service & Co, London, 1932, p. 276
London, Royal Academy, Commemorative Exhibition of Works by Late Members, 1933, no. 5 (lent by Lord Ashfield)
Probably Manchester, City of Manchester Art Gallery, April 1933
London, Taylor Gallery, Royal Arcade, Recent Acquisitions, n.d., [c. 1988], no. 29, illustrated on cover of exhibition catalogue (as Portrait of Miss Sinclair)
Probably Manchester, City of Manchester Art Gallery, April 1933
London, Taylor Gallery, Royal Arcade, Recent Acquisitions, n.d., [c. 1988], no. 29, illustrated on cover of exhibition catalogue (as Portrait of Miss Sinclair)