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John Behan RHA (b.1938)
Estimate:
€1,500 - €2,000
Sold
€2,100
Live Auction
Irish & International Art
ARTIST
John Behan RHA (b.1938)
Size
15 by 8 by 7in. (38.1 by 20.3 by 17.8cm)
Description
Title: THREE JOLLY PIGEONS
Note: Three Jolly Pigeons was the name of a public house that provided the setting for Oliver Goldsmith's renowned play She Stoops to Conquer, written in 1773. "Then come, put the jorum about,And let us be merry and clever,Our hearts and our liquors are stout,Here's the Three Jolly Pigeons for ever.Let some cry up woodcock or hare,Your bustards, your ducks, and your widgeons;But of all the birds in the air,Here's a health to the Three Jolly Pigeons."See lot 115 for a maquette of Oliver Goldsmith [1861] by John Henry Foley for the life-size bronze at the gates to Trinity College, Dublin.
Note: Three Jolly Pigeons was the name of a public house that provided the setting for Oliver Goldsmith's renowned play She Stoops to Conquer, written in 1773. "Then come, put the jorum about,And let us be merry and clever,Our hearts and our liquors are stout,Here's the Three Jolly Pigeons for ever.Let some cry up woodcock or hare,Your bustards, your ducks, and your widgeons;But of all the birds in the air,Here's a health to the Three Jolly Pigeons."See lot 115 for a maquette of Oliver Goldsmith [1861] by John Henry Foley for the life-size bronze at the gates to Trinity College, Dublin.
Medium
bronze; (unique)
Signature
signed
Provenance
Hallward Gallery, Dublin;Where purchased by the present owner
Exhibited
'Group Show', Hallward Gallery, Dublin, Summer 2002, catalogue no. 100
