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Paul Henry
KEEL VILLAGE,
oil on canvas
signed lower le
18 by 20in. (45.
Provenance:
Private collecti
Adam’s, 28 May
Whence purcha
Exhibited:
‘Paintings by M
Russell (AE), Lei
Literature:
Kennedy, S.B.,
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London, 2007, c
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Dr SB Kennedy
February 2013
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50,000-
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70,0
WHYTES
SINCE 1783
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Paul Henry RHA (1876-1958)
A BOG ROAD, c. 1929-1930 oil on board signed lower left; faintly inscribed in pencil on
reverse 8 by 10.50in. (20.32 by 26.67cm)
Provenance: Private Collection, USA; Clarke Auction Gallery , Larchmont, NY, USA, 4 May
2009 (lot no. untraced); Adamʼs & Bonhams, Dublin, 10 June 2009, lot 10; Private
collection
The setting of this scene is almost certainly Connemara, the picture probably having been
made from sketches done earlier, as was
Henryʼs usual practice and is dated c.1929-30 on stylistic grounds. During this period,
Henry held a number of exhibitions in the United States (for details see S. B. Kennedy,
Paul Henry: with a catalogue of the Paintings, Drawings, Illustrations, Yale University
Press, New Haven and London, 2009, pp. 320-321.) and this picture was almost certainly
included in one of those exhibitions, but its identity is unknown.
On the reverse, in pencil, are the markings ʻCombridgeʼ, ʻ£15-15-0ʼ, ʻ3ʼ and possibly A Bog
Road, but the latter is very indistinct. A Bog Road is listed as A Western Landscape and is
numbered 1236 in S. B. Kennedyʼs ongoing catalogue of Henryʼs oeuvre.
Dr S. B. Kennedy
October, 2013
€30,000-€40,000 (£25,210-£33,610 approx.)
