Lot 48 : Louis le Brocquy HRHA (b.1916) STUDY FOR
Whyte's - Dublin - 24 November 2008
Title:
Louis le Brocquy HRHA (b.1916) STUDY FOR
Description:
Louis le Brocquy HRHA (b.1916) STUDY FOR RECONSTRUCTED HEAD OF S. B. (SAMUEL BECKETT), 1965 signed and dated lower left watercolour 56 by 38cm., 22 by 15in. Artist's archive number W.51. Provenance: Gimpel Fils Gallery, London; Whence purchased by Bruce Arnold in 1968; Sold to the present owner, May 1975
Exhibited:
'Louis le Brocquy Paintings', Gimpel Fils, London, 1-26 March 1966, catalogue no. 67; 'The Irish Imagination 1959-1971, an exhibition in association with Rosc', Municipal Gallery of Modern Art, Dublin, 23 October to 31 December 1971, catalogue no. 11 in 'The Literary Influence' section, lent by Bruce Arnold; 'Irish Art 1943-1973: an exhibition in association with Rosc', Crawford Municipal Gallery of Art, Cork, 24 August to 7 November 1980, toured to the Ulster Museum, Belfast, January to Februrary 1981, catalogue no. 66, lent by the present owner
