SIR WILLIAM ORPEN, R.A., R.H.A. (1878-1931)

Lot 166
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Lot 166 | SIR WILLIAM ORPEN, R.A., R.H.A. (1878-1931)
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£ 10 000 – 15 000
SIR WILLIAM ORPEN, R.A., R.H.A. (1878-1931)

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.
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