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IRISH & INTERNATIONAL ART · 29 FEBRUARY 2016
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Sir John Lavery RA RSA RHA (1856-1941)
ARTHUR GRIFFITH, 1921
lithograph
signed in the plate; signed in the lower margin in pencil by artist and sitter; also with publisher’s details and blind stamp
in the margin
17½ x 14¼in. (44.45 x 36.20cm)
Sheet size: 19.75 by 16ins.Sir John Lavery painted portraits of Griffith and Collins in 1921 whilst they were in London
negotiating the terms of the Irish Treaty. Within months of their portraits being painted, both men were dead - Griffith of
a heart attack, Collins killed in August 1922. The prints were based on oil portraits, one of which is now in the collection
of the Hugh Lane Municipal Gallery of Modern Art, Dublin. Printed by Wilson Hartnell & Co. Publishers, Dublin.
€800-€1200 (£608-£864 approx.)
Large Image & Place Bid Lot 122