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Harry Kernoff RHA (1900-1974)
Estimate:
€1,200 - €1,800
Sold
€5,800
Live Auction
Important Irish Art
Size
12.50 by 9.75in. (31.8 by 24.8cm)
Description
Title: SIC TRANSIT GLORIA MUNDI, DAVY BYRNE'S BACK BAR, 1934
Frame dimensions: 19 by 16.25in. (48.3 by 41.3cm)
Note: Sic transit gloria mundi is a Latin phrase that means "Thus passes the worldly glory."
The work depicts a silhouette of James Joyce through the window of the toilet door of Davy Byrne's Pub, which Joyce was known to frequent regularly. Inside the pub, Kernoff captures Joyce's unmistakable hat and walking stick resting on a chair.
Frame dimensions: 19 by 16.25in. (48.3 by 41.3cm)
Note: Sic transit gloria mundi is a Latin phrase that means "Thus passes the worldly glory."
The work depicts a silhouette of James Joyce through the window of the toilet door of Davy Byrne's Pub, which Joyce was known to frequent regularly. Inside the pub, Kernoff captures Joyce's unmistakable hat and walking stick resting on a chair.
Condition
Excellent condition.
Medium
watercolour
Signature
signed and dated lower left; titled on reverse (now obscured)
Provenance
Purchased directly from the artist;Thence by descent to the present owner
