WHYTE'S IRISH ART 28 MAY 2018

80 Louis le Brocquy HRHA (1916-2012) LEMON, 1967 oil on board signed, dated and numbered [Opus 193] on reverse; also with typed Gimpel Fils exhibition label on re- verse 7.50 by 9.50in. (19.1 by 24.1cm) Provenance: Gimpel Fils, London; Private collection Literature: Gimpel Fils, London, April 1991, catalogue no. 13 Le Brocquy’s still-life paintings originate in the early 1940s with Still life with Book and Penny, 1941, and, later, in the 1950s with Still life with Apples (1951), Study for Flowers (1953), Still life with Grapes (1955). The paintings of single fruit notably on darkly stained grounds of the 1960s, including Lemon (1968, A.R. 222), lead to a notable body of work in the 1970s, including Fruit Now and Then (1970; A.R. 353), Fruit in the Hand (1974; A.R. 355), Lemon, Newsprint (1974; A.R. 357). €12,000-€15,000 (£10,530-£13,160 approx.) Click Here for Large Images & To Bid Lot 80