€3,000 - €4,000
Sir William Orpen RA RHA (1878-1931) Portrait of a gentleman, head and shoulders (life model from the Dublin School of Art 1908) Oil on canvas, 60 x 50cm (23½ x 19¾) Provenance: Collection of Norah O'Kelly, RHA (1886 - 1964); Mr Hamilton Hunter, 1942; Purchased at auction in 1964; thence by descent With accompanying statutory declaration dated 27th August 1942, of the original sale between Ms O'Kelly and Mr Hunter detailing that Orpen painted the work while a visiting professor in the Dublin School of Art and gifted the work to Ms O'Kelly who was student there at the time.
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