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Harry Kernoff RHA (1900-1974)
THE HELL FIRE CLUB, 1931
watercolour
signed and dated lower right; with label on reverse
inscribed “Presented to the Guild House by Gabriel Fallon”
11 by 15.50in. (27.94 by 39.37cm)
Provenance:
Adam’s, 28 May 2003, lot 120;
Private collection
Hell Fire Club on Montpelier Hill was built as a hunting lodge
c.1725 by William Conolly and is located in the Dublin
Mountains. It is positioned on the site of a prehistoric passage
grave, the stones from which were used in the construction
of the lodge. What was interpreted as a misappropriation of
the earlier landmark led to much superstition and alleged
otherworldly activities at the site. This association was later
reinforced when members of the Irish Hell Fire Club, active
1735 to 1741, began using the lodge as a meeting place.
Although the Club later relocated following a fre, their
association with the place remained. The Hell Fire Club and
its surrounding lands, including Killakee Estate are now State
owned.
This watercolour was painted in 1931. An example of the
same name (no. 20) and other views of the vicinity were
exhibited by Kernof at The White Gallery, 2 New Burlington
Street, London, 28 April – 12 May, 1938.
€3,000-€4,000 (£2,459-£3,278 approx).
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Phoebe Donovan (1902-1998)
DALKEY COAST, COUNTY DUBLIN
oil on canvas
signed lower left; with location and number [XXVIII] on
reverse; with plaque detailing artist’s name and title affixed
to frame lower centre
25 by 30in. (63.50 by 76.20cm)
The artist shared a house at Summerfeld, Dalkey with fellow
artist Elizabeth Rivers in the 1950s. The RHA Index of Exhibitors
records her address as An Tigh Thuas, Torca Hill, Dalkey from
1969. It is believed this view is from the grounds of Sorrento
House, then the home of an opthalmic surgeon, Mr Lavery.
The view unusually excludes Dalkey Island.
€800-€1,000 (£655-£819 approx).
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Father Jack P. Hanlon (1913-1968)
STILL LIFE WITH VASE OF FLOWERS
watercolour
signed lower left
11 by 9.50in. (27.94 by 24.13cm)
€500-€800 (£409-£655 approx).