WHYTE'S EXCEPTIONAL IRISH ART MONDAY 7 DECEMBER 2020

66 44 Sir William Orpen KBE RA RI RHA (1878-1931) SERGEANT MURPHY AND THINGS; MR STEPHEN SANFORD’S SERGEANT MURPHY WITH CAPTAIN ‘TUPPY’ BENNETT AND THE TRAINER GEORGE BLACKWELL oil on canvas signed lower left 29.50 by 40in. (74.9 by 101.6cm) Frame Size: 38 by 48in. (96.5 by 121.9cm) Condition: This work appears to be in overall very good condition. The canvas is taut and stable. There is some very minor craquelure visible on close inspection above the horse’s head and above the figures on the left. This appears stable and has not led to flaking of the paint. Provenance: Artist’s Studio Book record for 1923: Sergeant Murphy sold to 1st Baron Dewar of Homestall for £500; Collection of Viscountess Ward of Witley; Her sale, Christie’s, London, 14 July 1967, lot 89; Collection of E.J. Roussack, New York; His sale, Sotheby’s, London,18 July 1973, lot 52; Private collection; Christie’s, New York, 8 June 1984, lot 301; Private collection; Christie’s, New York, 30 May 2002, lot 108; Private collection Exhibited: Royal Academy, London, 1924, catalogue no. 655, as Sergeant Murphy and Things; ’54th Autumn Exhibition’, Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool, 1926, catalogue no. 158; ’Commemorative Exhibition of Works by Late Members’, Royal Academy, London, 1933, catalogue no. 88; ’Orpen Centenary Exhibition’, National Gallery of Ireland, Dublin, 1978, catalogue no. 124; ’Irish Horse’, National Gallery of Ireland, Dublin (intended for April to December 2020 but cancelled due to Covid-19 pandemic) €250,000-€350,000 (£222,220-£311,110 approx.) Click here for more images and to bid on this lot44