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76
WHYTES
SINCE 1783
,
179
Camille Pissarro (French, 1830-1903)
LES FANEUSES, 1890
etching; (eau-forte originale)
with artist’s name and title on reverse
7¾ by 5¼in. (18 by 13cm)
€
500-
€
700 (£400-£560 approx.)
177
John Mulvany (c.1839-1906)
WATCHING THE BIRDS, 1877
oil on canvas
signed ‘Jno Mulvany’; dated and inscribed ‘Lousville, Ky.’ lower left;
17 by 14in. (43 by 36cm)
Exhibited:
Louisville, Kentucky Industrial Exposition, 1877
In the immediate aftermath of the Famine, at about twelve years of age,
Mulvany emigrated to the US where he became a phenomenon, and where
he remained actively involved in the Clan na Gael movement. In 1876, General
Custer’s command was annihilated on the Little Big Horn by Sioux warriors.
Mulvany spent two years on Custer’s Last Rally (1881), one of the most
celebrated paintings of its time. It toured America for seventeen years,
drawing huge crowds and making Mulvany a fortune.
Mulvany was one of
the first artists to go to the frontier where he specialised in painting Western
scenes. One of his few Irish subjects was The Battle of Aughrim, which was
recently brought back to Ireland and sold by The Gorry Gallery.Works by this
once internationally celebrated artist are extremely rare.
Niamh O’Sullivan,
Professor Emeritus of Visual Culture (National College of Art
and Design).
September 2014.
€
1,500-
€
2,000 (£1,200-£1,600 approx.)
178
Gregor Grey (
fl.
1870s-1911)
SEATED WOMAN WITH SPANIELS, 1906
oil on canvas
signed and dated lower right; with remnants
of a label on reverse
22 by 17in. (56 by 43cm)
€
1,000-
€
1,500 (£800-£1,200 approx.)
180
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