Sir William Orpen R.A., R.H.A.
Waiting for Mossie
Lot Closed
November 22, 04:15 PM GMT
Estimate
1,500 - 2,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
Sir William Orpen R.A., R.H.A.
1878 - 1931
Waiting for Mossie
titled and dated 23rd July 1914 (upper left); inscribed A. H. S. Orpen and further inscribed (on the reverse)
pen and ink on paper
unframed (sheet): 18 by 11.5cm.; 7 by 4½in.
framed: 29 by 21cm.; 11¼ by 8¼in.
Executed in 1914.
Deceased Estate, acquired by the present owner in 2021
The present work is a characteristic self-portrait by William Orpen, accentuating his unconventional looks with self-depreciating humour. Here he looks unamused in waiting for Mossie (Orpen's brother, Arthur Herbert Stack Orpen). It was apparently not an uncommon habit, with Orpen depicting an emaciated self in another sketch titled, How to Grow Thin - Waiting for Mossie (National Gallery of Ireland, Dublin).
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