ID 922688
Lot 166 | SIR WILLIAM ORPEN, R.A., R.H.A. (1878-1931)
Estimate value
£ 10 000 – 15 000
Private Green; Sketch for 'Soldiers at the Front, Resting'
signed 'ORPEN' (lower right) and inscribed 'PTE. Green' (upper right)
charcoal on buff paper
16 1/4 x 17 in. (41.2 x 43.2 cm.)
Executed circa 1917.
Provenance
James McIntosh Patrick, R.S.A.
with Fine Art Society, London, December 1965, where purchased by Professor L. and Mrs. Holliday, and by descent to the previous owner.
Purchased from the above by the present owner.
Literature
Exhibition catalogue, Sir William Orpen, Paintings, Watercolours & Drawings, Rye, Art Gallery, 1968, n.p., no. 18, illustrated on the front cover.
B. Arnold, Orpen, Mirror to an Age, London, 1981, p. 344, illustrated, as 'Sketch for Soldiers at the Front, Resting'.
Exhibited
London, Royal Watercolour Society, 50 Years Ago, June 1965, no. 136.
Rye, Art Gallery, Sir William Orpen, Paintings, Watercolours & Drawings, June - August 1968, no. 18.
| Artist: | William Orpen (1878 - 1931) |
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| Applied technique: | Charcoal |
| Medium: | Wood |
| Art style: | Modern art |
| Artist: | William Orpen (1878 - 1931) |
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| Applied technique: | Charcoal |
| Medium: | Wood |
| Art style: | Modern art |
| Address of auction |
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