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Paul Henry RHA (1876-1958)
Estimate:
€500 - €700
Sold
€2,400
Live Auction
The Ernie O'Malley Collection in association with Christie's
ARTIST
Paul Henry RHA (1876-1958)
Size
40.25 by 25.25in. (102.2 by 64.1cm)
Description
Title: SHEEPHAVEN, DONEGAL, IRELAND FOR HOLIDAYS POSTER
Note: Published by the London, Midland and Scottish Railway (later nationalised and incorpoated into British Railways). The LMS operated mail and passenger ships from England and Wales to Ireland. Paul Henry's modernist landscape paintings lent themselves to reproduction as posters; he was commissioned to produce several from 1925 onwards, and some of his designs were still in use in the 1950s. Bord Fáilte - the Irish Tourist Board - also used reproductions of some of his paintings in the 1960s to 1970s. See also lot 32.
Note: Published by the London, Midland and Scottish Railway (later nationalised and incorpoated into British Railways). The LMS operated mail and passenger ships from England and Wales to Ireland. Paul Henry's modernist landscape paintings lent themselves to reproduction as posters; he was commissioned to produce several from 1925 onwards, and some of his designs were still in use in the 1950s. Bord Fáilte - the Irish Tourist Board - also used reproductions of some of his paintings in the 1960s to 1970s. See also lot 32.
Medium
lithograph in colours; printed by Staffords
Signature
also reads [illustrated folder from any London Midland or Scottish railway station or agency, E.R.O. 53350, Staffords, Netherfield]
Provenance
Helen Hooker O'Malley collection;
Thence by family descent
