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Robert Gregory (1881-1918)
A BOXING RING
pen and ink with watercolour
7 x 4_in. (17.78 x 11.43cm)
Robert Gregory’s scrapbook; Cathach Books, Dublin; Whyte’s, 9 December 2006, ex lot 127; Private collection;Whyte’s, 26
May 2007, lot 189;Whence purchased by the present owner
The present works comes from the remains of a scrapbook belonging to the artist Robert Gregory; son of Lady Gregory
of Coole Park, which sold through Whyte’s in December 2006. Robert Gregory was a Renaissance man, gifted both
artistically and athletically. W. B. Yeats wrote several poems about him, referring to him as our perfect man”. For further
information see Colin Smythe (ed.), Robert Gregory 1881-1918: A Centenary Tribute, Gerards Cross, 1981.”
€600-€800 (£432-£576 approx.)
IMPORTANT IRISH ART · 30 November 2015