WHYTE'S IMPORTANT IRISH ART MONDAY 30 SEPTEMBER 2024 AT 6PM

40 23 LeoWhelan RHA (1892-1956) PORTRAIT OF MICHAEL COLLINS, c.1922 oil on canvas signed lower right (folded onto stretcher on reverse) 24 by 19.50in. (61 by 49.5cm) Frame Size: 33 by 28.5in. (83.8 by 72.4cm) Provenance: Family of the artist; Gorry Gallery, Dublin, c.1960s; Private collection Leo Whelan painted three portraits of Michael Collins from life in 1922. One was for General Headquarters of The Irish Free State National Army, now in the collection of The National Gallery of Ireland, another was purchased by Martin Walton, and the present work, which he retained in his personal collection and which was sold by his family through The Gorry Gallery in the 1960s. €30,000-€40,000 (£25,210-£33,610 approx.) Click here for more images and to bid on this lot23