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52 31 Harry Kernoff RHA (1900-1974) GRAND CANAL LOCK, DUBLIN, 1935 oil on board signed lower left; inscribed with title, date and artist’s home address, 13 Stamer St, Harrington St., Dublin 8] on reverse 24 by 30in. (61 by 76.2cm) Frame size: 33.5 by 38.5in. (85 by 98cm.) Provenance: Sotheby’s, London, 29 March 2011, lot 35; Private collection The Grand Canal and its nearby neighbourhoods were popular subjects for Harry Kernoff who was a dedicated recorder of life in Dublin throughout his career. He depicted many similar scenes in the area such as, Murphy’s Boatyard, Ringsend, The New Dublin Gasometer, 1933 (now the gasworks apartments in Ringsend), Mespil Road, 1933, Lesson Street Bridge, 1931 and The Dock Milling Co. Premises. Dublin, 1930. Grand Canal Lock, Dublin is also the subject of an almost identical pen and ink drawing (24.5 by 30cm.) which may have been a study for this oil. Many of these Dublin scenes formed part of the Godolphin Gallery Exhibition, Dublin in 1974. 1935 was a significant year for Kernoff in that he was elected an associate of the RHA and in the same year to full membership. He was also represented among the illustrators with the Cuala Press Publication of a second and third series of A Broadside in 1935 and again in 1937. €10,000-€15,000 (£8,890-£13,330 approx.) Click here for more images and to bid on this lot31