Paul Henry (1876-1958) Achill Cottages (c.1929-30)

Signature: signed lower right, Signature:, signed lower right, Medium:, oil on board, Size:, 41 x 33cm (16.1 x 13in), Framed Size:, 62 x 54.5cm (24.4 x 21.5in), Provenance:, A gift from the artist to V.S. Pritchett; By descent; Adam's 30th May 2007 lot 135; Private Collection, Exhibited:, 1930 Dublin; 1930 London (17); 1937 Dublin (23), Literature:, S. B. Kennedy, 'Paul Henry, Paintings, Drawings, Illustrations,' Yale University Press, 2007, Catalogue No. 730, illustration p. 247, With its row of white-gabled thatched cottages, half-hidden in a hillside bog dotted with dark turf ricks, this painting is a classic Achill Island view by Paul Henry. An artist with a keen sense of composition, Henry liked to depict cottages as seen from a low vantage point; so that by silhouetting... Read more, With its row of white-gabled thatched cottages, half-hidden in a hillside bog dotted with dark turf ricks, this painting is a classic Achill Island view by Paul Henry. An artist with a keen sense of composition, Henry liked to depict cottages as seen from a low vantage point; so that by silhouetting... Read more

Estimate:£42,698.4

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