Discovered in America ‘Dugort bay, Achill island’ is estimated at £30,000-50,000. (Click on image to enlarge). UPDATE: THIS MADE £37,250.
Paul Henry’s ’A scene near Achill Sound’ is estimated to sell for £40,000-60,000. (Click on image to enlarge).
Previously unrecorded works by the distinguished Irish artist Paul Henry (1876-1958) discovered in America will feature at Bonhams in London next November 14. Each one is a classical west of Ireland landscape at Achill. The works are believed to have been presented to Clemens J. France, a member of the US Committee of Enquiry on Conditions in Ireland, by the people of Ireland in gratitude for his work on the Constitution of the Irish Free State, circa 1922. A Scene near Achill Sound is estimated at £40,000-60,000 and Dugort Bay, Achill Island is estimated at £30,000-50,000.
Another Henry in the sale – Old Age Pensioners – is from a different private collection. It is figurative and shows two elderly women muffled against the cold. Painted in 1911 it is estimated at £100,000-150,000. The fourth Paul Henry in the sale is The Long Road. Exhibited in Belfast in 1918 it is estimated at £30,000-50,000.
Paul Henry’s Old-Age Pensioners is estimated at £100,000-150,000. (Click on image to enlarge). UPDATE: THIS MADE £109,250.
The Long Road, which was exhibited in Belfast in 1918, is estimated at £30,000-50,000. UPDATE: THIS MADE £37,250.