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Louis le Brocquy HRHA (1916-2012)
THE CURRAGH, 1991
watercolour
signed and dated in pencil lower left; with
typed Solomon Gallery label on reverse; with
artist’s archival number [W1077] also on
reverse
7 by 10.25in. (17.78 by 26.04cm)
Provenance:
Solomon Gallery, Dublin
Curragh is one of le Brocquy’s Irish landscape
series (c.1987-94)
Dr. Yvonne Scott observes, “The watercolour
landscapes have a particular place in his oeuvre.
These are primarily understood as personal
rather than mainstream works. As he has
explained: “these were always made to one side
of the more problematic work which
preoccupied me, so that I have tended to think
of them as a diversion, the exploration of a
private avenue”. The landscape paintings are,
nonetheless, very signifcant. During the late
1980s and early 1990s, le Brocquy produced a
series of works addressing locations in various
parts of the country, primarily Beara, Wicklow
and Dublin. These are not the incidental
painted sketches of a transient visitor, but
considered responses to places he knows well,
or whose experience has a special meaning for
him ... The artist is clear about his exploration of
the topography of landscape which he
intentionally transforms from objective
description to subjective response. This process,
he explains, is not so much “creation” as
“discovery” - the uncovering of the essence of a
place, and its experience.”
1 Scott Yvonne, Painting Ireland. Topographical Views
from Glin Castle , William Lafan, ed., Curchill House
Press, Tralee, 2006, p. 91-92
€5,000-€6,000 (£4,098-£4,918 approx).
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Louis le Brocquy HRHA (1916-2012)
STUDY TOWARDS AN IMAGE OF W.B. YEATS, 1975
charcoal
signed with initials and dated lower right; with inscribed Dawson Gallery
label on reverse; with typed exhibition label for Musée d‘Art Moderne de la
Ville de Paris and Richard Demarco Gallery exhibition labels also on reverse
8.75 by 7in. (22.23 by 17.78cm)
Provenance:
Dawson Gallery, Dublin;
Where purchased by the present owner
Exhibited:
‘A la Recherche de Yeats’, Musée ‘Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris,
15 October - 28 November 1976, catalogue no “Etude 27/1975”; Richard
Demarco Gallery, Festival ‘77 exhibition, study no. 20
Contained in its original Dawson Gallery frame and linen mount.
€4,000-€6,000 (£3,278-£4,918 approx).