WHYTE'S IRISH & INTERNATIONAL ART 26 FEBRUARY 2018

49 William Crozier HRHA (1930-2011) SELF PORTRAIT, 1962 oil on paper; (monoprint) signed and dated lower right; titled on Arthur Tooth & Sons [London] exhibition label on reverse 20.50 by 14.50in. (52.1 by 36.8cm) Provenance: Arthur Tooth and Sons Ltd, London; Private collection In 1961 William Crozier’s interests moved from the landscape to the depiction of skeletal, existential figures. These haunting images were invariably more concerned with depicting the human condition than with the portrayal of any one individual and they owe more to Tachisme and Art Informel (which interested Crozier in the 1960s) than to any traditional idea of the self-portrait. In 1961, too, Crozier was invited by Ruth Borchard to paint a picture of himself for inclusion in a national collection of artists’ self- portraits.(1) This monoprint was one of a number of works Crozier made in connection with Borchard’s commission. Dr Katharine Crouan 1. See Philip Vann, Face to Face: British Self-Portraits in the Twentieth Century, Sansom and Co., Bristol, 2004, pp. 136. A major retrospective of Crozier’s work takes place at IMMA, ‘William Crozier: The Edge of the Landscape’ until 8 April 2018. €1,500-€2,000 (£1,070-£1,430 approx.) Click Here for Large Images & To Bid Lot 49