Off the Wall auction includes 3 Orpen’s at Morgan O’Driscoll.

OFF THE WALL’ ONLINE ART AUCTION at Morgan O’Driscoll includes these 3 works by Sir William Orpen (1878-1931).
BIDDING ENDS MONDAY 16TH SEPTEMBER 2024 between 6.30 PM & 11.55 PM.

Lot: 53

Limited Edition Etching of AE George Russell by Sir William Orpen.

SIGNATURE: Inscribed in another hand in lower margin.

MEDIUM: Etching – number 31 from an edition of 40.

SIZE: 30 x 20 cm (11.8 x 7.9 inches).

FRAMED SIZE: 44 x 31.5 cm (17.3 x 12.4 inches).

PROVENANCE: From the Collection of Bruce Arnold.

UPDATE: Sold for €480 (Hammer Price).

LITERATURE: Orpen – Mirror to an Age by Bruce Arnold; Cape London, 1981 page 128 illustrated.

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Lot: 134.

TITLE: Limited Edition Photolithograph – The Bather by Sir William Orpen (Howth, Co. Dublin).
SIGNATURE: Signed in the plate.
MEDIUM: Photograure.
SIZE: 22½ x 31 cm (8.9 x 12.2 inches).
FRAMED SIZE: 42.5 x 56.5 cm (16.7 x 22.2 inches).
PROVENANCE: Private Collection.

UPDATE: Sold for €280 (Hammer Price).

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Lot: 144.

TITLE: Limited Edition Photolithograph The Draughtsman and His Model by Sir William Orpen (Howth, Co. Dublin).

MEDIUM: Photogravure.

SIZE: 23 x 28 cm (9.1 x 11 inches).

FRAMED SIZE: 54 x 61 cm (21.3 x 24 inches).

PROVENANCE: Private Collection.

PS. The male model is possibly James Sinton Sleator PRHA (1885-1950).

UPDATE: Sold for €280 (Hammer Price).

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Post by Dominic Lee, Orpen Research Archives.