Three Orpen’s for auction at Morgan O’Driscoll ‘Off the Wall’

Morgan O’Driscoll – ‘OFF THE WALL’ ONLINE ART AUCTION
BIDDING ENDS MONDAY 15th APRIL 2024
BETWEEN 6.30 pm & 11.55 pm.

Skibbereen, Co. Cork and Fitzwilliam Square West, Dublin 2. 

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Lot: 201.

ARTIST: SIR WILLIAM ORPEN, R.H.A. (1878-1931).

Roscommon Dragoon (the model is Vera Hone).

Signature: signed lower right and printer’s blind stamp lower left.

Medium: print (Limited edition).

Size: 45½ x 36½cm (17.9 x 14.4 inches).

Framed size: 48 x 39cm (18.9 x 15.4 inches).

Provenance: Private Collection.

Estimate: €300 – €500.

UPDATE: Sold for €300 (Hammer price).

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Lot: 350.

SIR WILLIAM ORPEN, R.H.A. (1878-1931).

  Afternoon Sleep.

Size: 34½ x 27½cm (13.6 x 10.8 inches).

Framed size: 42 x 36cm (16.5 x 14.2 inches).

Medium: Photogravure Print from the original shown below.

Estimate: €150 – €250.

UPDATE: Sold for €160 (Hammer price).

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Lot: 165.

SIR WILLIAM ORPEN, R.H.A. (1878-1931).

George Russell AE.

Signed and numbered 20/40.

Medium: etching – number 20 from an edition of 40.

Size: 35 x 25½cm (13.8 x 10 inches).

Framed size: 37.5 x 28.5cm (14.8 x 11.2 inches).

Provenance: Collection of Bruce Arnold;
Literature: Bruce Arnold, ‘Open Mirror to an Age’, Cape, London page 128 (illustrated).

Estimate: €300 – €500.

UPDATE: Sold for €420 (Hammer price).

 

Post by Dominic Lee, Orpen Research Archives.