Paul Henry (1876-1958) The Shower (1930-34)

Signature: signed 'PAUL HENRY' lower left and titled verso, Signature:, signed 'PAUL HENRY' lower left and titled verso, Medium:, oil on canvas, Size:, 38 x 48cm (15 x 18.9in), Framed Size:, 55.5 x 66cm (21.9 x 26in), Provenance:, Acquired by Sean Lester, senior diplomat with League of Nations, from the 1934 Paul Henry exhibition in London; Adam's, Dublin, 14th December 1989 lot 64; Sotheby's, London, 'The Irish Sale', 16th May 2002 lot 136; Eakin Gallery, Belfast, October 2003; Private Collection, Exhibited:, 1930 London (57, as The Shower across the Bog); 1934 London (15); 1935 Dublin (29); 1936 Toronto (3); 1938 Geneva; 2003 Belfast (14, illus. in colour). Literature:, S. B. Kennedy, 'Paul Henry, Paintings, Drawings, Illustrations,' Yale University Press, 2007 Catalogue No. 754, illustration p. 250, This picture deftly captures the sense of freshness rendered by a passing shower. The two-part division of the picture plane brings a theatricality to the composition, yet while the boggy terrain is ostensibly the main subject, in reality it is the gently evolving drama of the sky that occupies our ... Read more, This picture deftly captures the sense of freshness rendered by a passing shower. The two-part division of the picture plane brings a theatricality to the composition, yet while the boggy terrain is ostensibly the main subject, in reality it is the gently evolving drama of the sky that occupies our ... Read more

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