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Harry Clarke RHA (1889-1931)
Estimate:
€3,000 - €5,000
Sold
€5,200
Live Auction
Irish & International Art
ARTIST
Harry Clarke RHA (1889-1931)
Size
16 by 13in. (40.6 by 33cm)
Description
Title: ORIGINAL BORDER ILLUSTRATION FOR PAGE ONE OF IRELAND'S MEMORIAL RECORDS 1914 - 1918, PRINT FEATURED IN ALL VOLUMES,1922.
Note: Index to bordersPage 1. Top: Silhouette figures and wooden cross; Artillery and officer with megaphone.Bottom: Trenches and disabled tank; Lewis gun.Left: Badge of Royal Inniskilling Dragoon Guards; badge of Royal Irish Rifles.Right: Victoria cross medal.
Note: Index to bordersPage 1. Top: Silhouette figures and wooden cross; Artillery and officer with megaphone.Bottom: Trenches and disabled tank; Lewis gun.Left: Badge of Royal Inniskilling Dragoon Guards; badge of Royal Irish Rifles.Right: Victoria cross medal.
Medium
ink on paper
Signature
signed and dated on reverse
Provenance
Cynthia O'Connor Gallery, Dublin, 1986;Private collection
Literature
Ireland's Memorial Records 1914-1918: Being The Names Of Irishmen Who Fell In The Great European War, 1914-1918; Compiled by the Committee of the Irish National War Memorial, with decorative borders by Harry ClarkeHelmers, Marguerite; Harry Clarke’s War: Illustrations for Ireland’s Memorial Records, 1914-1918; Irish Academic Press, 2015.
