WHYTES IMPORTANT IRISH ART 30 MAY 2016

IMPORTANT IRISH ART · 30 MAY 2016 AT 6PM

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Sir William Orpen RA RI RHA (1878-1931)

SELF PORTRAIT

ink on headed stationery - ‘Oriel, South Bolton Gardens, S.W.5’

signed ‘ORPS’ above the address

4 x 5in. (10.16 x 12.70cm)

Provenance:

B. I. Tilly, Registrar at The Metropolitan School of Art, Dublin, 1900-1920;

Thence by descent to the present owner

Ink drawing is laid down on a folio with a poem inscribed on reverse and dated 20 March 1923.

€600-€800 (£470-£630 approx.)