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Seán Keating PPRHA HRA HRSA (1889-1977)
Estimate:
€6,000 - €8,000
Sold
€13,000
Live Auction
Important Irish Art
Size
21.50 by 29.50in. (54.6 by 74.9cm)
Description
Title: THREE IRISH WORKMEN, c.1971
Note: In a letter to the original owner of this work, Keating refers to the three workmen depicted as "three sinister heads", but then goes on to add, "they are not really sinister, but illtreated and oppressed".
Frame dimensions: 35 by 43in. (88.9 by 109.2cm)
Note: In a letter to the original owner of this work, Keating refers to the three workmen depicted as "three sinister heads", but then goes on to add, "they are not really sinister, but illtreated and oppressed".
Frame dimensions: 35 by 43in. (88.9 by 109.2cm)
Condition
Excellent condition.
Medium
charcoal heightened with white chalk
Signature
signed lower right
Provenance
Purchased directly from the artist by Dr Bloomfield, 1971, for £50;Thence by descent;Whyte's, 20 September 2005, lot 146;Private collection
