WHYTE'S IRISH & INTERNATIONAL ART MONDAY 26 May 2025 FROM 6PM

54 32 Harry Kernoff RHA (1900-1974) ANGLESEA MARKET, DUBLIN, 1933 oil on board 38 by 25in. (96.5 by 63.5cm) Frame Size: 43 by 31 (109.2 by 78.7cm) Provenance: Purchased directly from the artist, 1968; Private collection; Thence by descent to the present owner Exhibited: RHA, Dublin, 1933, catalogue no. 266 Reviewing the 1933 annual exhibition at the Royal Hibernian Academy, the Irish Independent correspondent noted that two paintings by Harry Kernoff offered ‘remarkably life-like impressions of open-air scenes.’ One of these was The Anglesea Market: a busy street scene showing the characteristic colouring of Kernoff’s cityscapes. Framed by a jigsaw of buildings and wooden shop fronts, Kernoff fills the narrow space with bric-a-brac: a brass bed frame, an armchair, tables, a chest of drawers, crockery and books, along with a range of coats and other clothing. The clutter is enlivened by the shoppers and traders that weave their way through the market’s offerings. The markets in the Moore Street area were a popular subject with Dublin’s artists, including Flora Mitchell and Fergus Ryan. A preparatory watercolour for Kernoff’s painting was sold at Whyte’s in 2011 and there are subtle differences between these versions, in keeping with the painter’s methods. For example, in the present work, a glimmer of humour is added through the artist’s inclusion of three volumes of Thom’s street directory (dates 1917, 1922 and 1932) surmounted by a skull, perhaps foreshadowing the street’s later demise to make way for the Ilac Centre in the 1980s. Born in London in January 1900, Kernoff moved to Dublin with his family in 1914. While working as an apprentice cabinet maker with his father, the young artist attended classes at the Kevin Street Technical Schools, before moving to the Dublin Metropolitan School of Art as an evening student in 1919. In 1923, Kernoff was awarded the Taylor Scholarship, enabling him to enrol full-time as day student. His first solo exhibition was held in the rooms of the Society of Dublin Painters in 1927 and over the following decades, he dedicated his painting practice to the representation of daily life in Ireland’s towns and cities. Dr Kathryn Milligan, April 2025 €30,000-€50,000 (£25,420-£42,370 approx.) Click here for more images and to bid on this lot32