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Paul Henry
LAKESIDE COTTAGES
Lot 13
Result:
Not Sold
Estimate:
€200,000 - €300,000
Paul Henry RHA, 1877-1958
LAKESIDE COTTAGES
Oil on panel, 16" x 24" (40.5 x 61cm), signed lower right, titled in pencil verso.
Provenance: Private Collection, (Oakland, CA) by family descent from San Francisco, CA.; Michaan's Auctions, Californi... Read more
Lot 13
Paul Henry
LAKESIDE COTTAGES
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Oil on panel, 16" x 24" (40.5 x 61cm), signed lower right, titled in pencil verso.
Provenance: Private Collection, (Oakland, CA) by family descent from San Francisco, CA.; Michaan's Auctions, Californi... Read more
Lot 13
Paul Henry
LAKESIDE COTTAGES
Estimate:
€200,000 - €300,000
Paul Henry RHA, 1877-1958
LAKESIDE COTTAGES
Oil on panel, 16" x 24" (40.5 x 61cm), signed lower right, titled in pencil verso.
Provenance: Private Collection, (Oakland, CA) by family descent from San Francisco, CA.; Michaan's Auctions, California; Private Collection, Dublin.
By the late 1920s Paul Henry had, almost single-handedly, defined a way of seeing and an attitude towards the Irish landscape that was convincing, would endure and which, in part, helped to formulate a popular vision of Irish identity. Added to this he had introduced a degree of realism to Irish painting that was to prove influential on a number - one might almost say a 'school' - of followers, of whom his fellow Northerners James Humbert Craig and Frank McKelvey are perhaps the best remembered… The views and attitudes established by these artists usually depict a rural world of men and women at ease with themselves and their surroundings; it was widely projected in publications of the time, for example Saorstat Eireann, Irish Free State Official Handbook" which was published in 1932.
It was of course fantasy, but it endured. Perhaps it was necessary, for after 1922 the new state urgently required a sense of identity and cultural history that would link its ancient past in a morally unbroken way with the present. Thus, with the subsequent espousal of the West in particular the landscape and place suddenly assumed an importance it had never had before… In this process, Henry's work fitted the bill beautifully.
(Ref. S.B Kennedy)
LAKESIDE COTTAGES
Oil on panel, 16" x 24" (40.5 x 61cm), signed lower right, titled in pencil verso.
Provenance: Private Collection, (Oakland, CA) by family descent from San Francisco, CA.; Michaan's Auctions, California; Private Collection, Dublin.
By the late 1920s Paul Henry had, almost single-handedly, defined a way of seeing and an attitude towards the Irish landscape that was convincing, would endure and which, in part, helped to formulate a popular vision of Irish identity. Added to this he had introduced a degree of realism to Irish painting that was to prove influential on a number - one might almost say a 'school' - of followers, of whom his fellow Northerners James Humbert Craig and Frank McKelvey are perhaps the best remembered… The views and attitudes established by these artists usually depict a rural world of men and women at ease with themselves and their surroundings; it was widely projected in publications of the time, for example Saorstat Eireann, Irish Free State Official Handbook" which was published in 1932.
It was of course fantasy, but it endured. Perhaps it was necessary, for after 1922 the new state urgently required a sense of identity and cultural history that would link its ancient past in a morally unbroken way with the present. Thus, with the subsequent espousal of the West in particular the landscape and place suddenly assumed an importance it had never had before… In this process, Henry's work fitted the bill beautifully.
(Ref. S.B Kennedy)
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PLEASE BID EARLY TO AVOID DISAPPOINTMENT.
In order to allow rival bidders the opportunity to respond to a late bid the following extensions will apply:
IF A BID IS RECEIVED WITHIN THE FINAL 45 SECONDS OF THE COUNTDOWN THE CLOCK WILL RESET TO 60 SECONDS.
At any point you can leave a maximum bid, representing the highest price you are prepared to pay for a particular lot. Bidding only advances when there is competition from a rival bidder. In that case the system bids on your behalf, only up to the maximum if required. All bids are relayed to you be email, along with notification if you have been outbid.
All maximum bids are confidential and not disclosed. The system will endeavor to purchase the lot for you for the least price. Bids are subject to buyer’s premium of 25% (incl vat), with no additional charges.
In the event of a tied bid, the preference will be given to the bid submitted first. The second bidder will receive immediate notification of being outbid.
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