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William Conor OBE RHA RUA ROI (1881-1968)
Estimate:
€6,000 - €8,000
Sold
€5,600
Live Auction
Exceptional Irish Art
Size
32 by 28in. (81.3 by 71.1cm)
Description
Title: WEDDING AT JOY STREET, BELFAST, c.1923
Note: A pencil and crayon sketch for this work titled 'Bridal Morning' was purchased by Manchester Art Gallery in 1923.The artist wrote: 'Bridal Morning', is an impression of a wedding party just leaving the bride's home, after the wedding breakfast. That the bridegroom is a well-to-do artisan is indicated by the fact that he can afford to have a 'taxi' for the wedding journey, whilst the cheerful interest shown by the assembled crowd of neighbours, is proof that even in a dingy city street 'all the world loves a lover'. 1An oil of the same scene titled 'The Wedding' was reproduced in the art magazine Colour (Nov/Dec Vol. 19.4-5 1923). This work was also exhibited as catalogue no. 33 at 'William Conor 1881-1968', The McClelland Galleries, Belfast, 1969.1. Wilson, Judith C., Conor 1881-1968, The LIfe and Work of an Ulster Artist, Blackstaff Press, 1981, p.24
Frame dimensions: 38 by 33.5in. (96.5 by 85.1cm)
Note: A pencil and crayon sketch for this work titled 'Bridal Morning' was purchased by Manchester Art Gallery in 1923.The artist wrote: 'Bridal Morning', is an impression of a wedding party just leaving the bride's home, after the wedding breakfast. That the bridegroom is a well-to-do artisan is indicated by the fact that he can afford to have a 'taxi' for the wedding journey, whilst the cheerful interest shown by the assembled crowd of neighbours, is proof that even in a dingy city street 'all the world loves a lover'. 1An oil of the same scene titled 'The Wedding' was reproduced in the art magazine Colour (Nov/Dec Vol. 19.4-5 1923). This work was also exhibited as catalogue no. 33 at 'William Conor 1881-1968', The McClelland Galleries, Belfast, 1969.1. Wilson, Judith C., Conor 1881-1968, The LIfe and Work of an Ulster Artist, Blackstaff Press, 1981, p.24
Frame dimensions: 38 by 33.5in. (96.5 by 85.1cm)
Condition
Some creasing visible throughout on close inspection.
Medium
pastel
Signature
signed upper left
