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Mainie Jellett (1897-1944)
Estimate:
€3,000 - €4,000
Sold
€2,900
Live Auction
Irish & International Art
Size
9.75 by 8.50in. (24.8 by 21.6cm)
Description
Title: BABBIN AND BETTY, FITZWILLIAM SQUARE, DUBLIN, 1918
Note: From an early age Jellett painted her youngest sisters Babbin and Betty (or Rosamund and Elizabeth), both on holidays in Co. Donegal and at home, on Fitzwilliam Square. The present work relates to an oil painting of the same year, Babbin and Betty, illustrated in Bruce Arnold’s book, Mainie Jellett and the Modern Movement in Ireland, page 27.
Frame dimensions: 22 by 20.5in. (55.9 by 52.1cm)
Note: From an early age Jellett painted her youngest sisters Babbin and Betty (or Rosamund and Elizabeth), both on holidays in Co. Donegal and at home, on Fitzwilliam Square. The present work relates to an oil painting of the same year, Babbin and Betty, illustrated in Bruce Arnold’s book, Mainie Jellett and the Modern Movement in Ireland, page 27.
Frame dimensions: 22 by 20.5in. (55.9 by 52.1cm)
Condition
Excellent condition.
Medium
watercolour
Signature
signed and dated lower right
Provenance
The artist's estate;Collection of Mavis Arnold;de Veres, 25 November 2003, lot 31;Private collection;Whyte's, 29 November 2005, lot 82;Private collection
