IMPORTANT IRISH ART · 27 MAY 2024 AT 6PM

53 IMPORTANT IRISH ART · 27 MAY 2024 AT 6PM 29 Seán Keating PPRHA HRA HRSA (1889-1977) ARAN COUPLE, 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 The figure on the right is believed to be a portrait of Tiger King, who was renowned on the Aran Islands as a boxer. In a letter to the original owner of this drawing, Keating mentions a drawing of two heads which Dr Bloomfield had seen exhibited at the Oireachtas, and promised to sell him either the original preparatory sketch or a variant thereof. €5,000-€7,000 (£4,270-£5,980 approx.) Click here for more images and to bid on this lot29