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Paul Henry RHA (1876-1958)
TURF STACKS WITH MOUNTAIN BEYOND, c.1940
oil on canvas laid on board
faintly signed lower left
8 by 8¾in. (20 by 20cm)
Provenance:
A gift from the artist to the present owner’s grandmother, proprietor of the Parkside Hotel,
North Circular Road, Dublin
Exhibited:
Possibly exhibited at ‘Recent Paintings by Paul Henry’, Combridge’s Gallery, Dublin, from 24
October 1941, catalogue no. 20, as
Turf Bog, Connemara
Formerly signed on the reverse but that inscription has been lost over time. Also, the artist’s signature
is present on the lower left but has in part been erased by, presumably, the replacement slip, the
picture having been reframed some years ago; the original frame, in black, was the artist’s choice.
A late work by Henry with an unusual amount of impasto in the sky and the foreground but,
characteristic for the artist and showing the influence of his teacher,Whistler, on him, the paint has
been applied directly to the canvas with no over-painting.Thus it retains great freshness. Dated c.1940-
5 on stylistic grounds.
Turf Stacks with Mountain Beyond
may be the same picture as
Turf Bog,
Connemara, c.1940-1
, in S. B. Kennedy,
Paul Henry: with a catalogue of the Drawings, Paintings,
Illustrations
,Yale University Press, New Haven and London, 2007, p.301, catalogue number 1011.
Dr. S.B. Kennedy
April 2014
€
15,000-
€
20,000 (£12,400-£16,530 approx.)
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