IMPORTANT IRISH ART · 27 MAY 2024 AT 6PM

52 28 Seán Keating PPRHA HRA HRSA (1889-1977) THREE IRISHWORKMEN, c.1971 charcoal heightened with white chalk signed lower right 21.50 by 29.50in. (54.6 by 74.9cm) Frame Size: 35 by 43in. (88.9 by 109.2cm) Provenance: Purchased directly from the artist by Dr Bloomfield, 1971, for £50; Thence by descent; Whyte’s, 20 September 2005, lot 146; Private collection In a letter to the original owner of this work, Keating refers to the three workmen depicted as “three sinister heads”, but then goes on to add, “they are not really sinister, but illtreated and oppressed”. €6,000-€8,000 (£5,130-£6,840 approx.) Click here for more images and to bid on this lot28