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20 15 Paul Henry RHA (1876-1958) CLADDAGH VILLAGE, 1928 oil on board signed lower right; with William Rodman & Co. [Belfast] label on reverse 12 by 9in. (30.5 by 22.9cm) Frame: 20 by 17in. (51 by 43cm.) Condition: On close examination hairline cracks visible in the houses, centre. Small losses visible in lower centre. Minor drying cracks to sky area above houses, right. Minor surface dirt on close inspection throughout. Board in good stable condition. Presented unglazed. Provenance: Magee Gallery, Belfast, 1952; Private collection; Adam’s, 7 August 1975, lot 45; Private collection Literature: Kennedy, Dr S.B., Paul Henry: Paintings, Drawings and Illustrations, Yale University Press, New Haven and London, 2007, p. 237, catalogue no. 674 Dr Kennedy writes: “The Claddagh, from the Irish ‘An Cladach’, meaning ‘The Sea-shore’, was a small fishing village on the edge of Galway city. It was demolished some years ago. A drawing in one of Henry’s sketchbooks (National Gallery of Ireland) may refer in part to this composition. A similar composition to A Western Village (cat. 675), which is dated 1928.” €40,000-€60,000 (£36,040-£54,050 approx.) Click here for more images and to bid on this lot15