5 Orpen works for auction at Whytes Dublin

IMPORTANT IRISH ART at Whytes Dublin auction 3rd March 2025 (catalogue link at the bottom).

Lot 10

Estimate: €4,000 – €6,000.

SIGNATURE: signed and dated upper right.

MEDIUM: charcoal, watercolour, and gouache.

SIZE: 8¾ x 11½in. (22.23 x 29.21cm).

FRAMED SIZE: 19 x 24in. (48.26 x 60.96cm).

CONDITION: Excellent condition.

PROVENANCE: Alan and Mary Hobart Collection.

Lot 11

A Bad Shot or Wicked Waste by Sir William Orpen (1924).

Estimate: €1000 – €1500.

Titled upper left; dated lower left; inscribed lower center; with Pyms Gallery label on reverse.

MEDIUM: ink and wash on Hotel Majestic, Paris headed paper.

SIZE: 10½ x 7in. (26.67 x 17.78cm).

FRAMED SIZE: 19.50 x 15.50in. (49.53 x 39.37cm).

CONDITION: Horizontal fold visible on close inspection. Otherwise very good condition.

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Lot 12

The Leprechaun by Sir William Orpen (self-portrait).

Ink on Screebe Lodge, Maam Crossroads via Galway, headed paper.

Inscription: “My dear Mary, this is to hope you are well and to tell you that this afternoon I took a walk and found this funny little man who is called “The Leprechaun”, he spends his time in making shoes for the fairies and one can often hear him knocking in the nails but can very seldom get to see him. So Father was very lucky, he sent his love to Mary and Christine and your mother, Dad.”

Estimate: €1000 – €1500.

SIZE: 8¾ x 6¾in. (22.23 x 17.15cm).

FRAMED SIZE: 15.50 x 13.50in. (39.37 x 34.29cm).

CONDITION: Horizontal fold visible. Staining spot visible centre left. Otherwise very good condition.

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Lot 13

Billy the O’ by Sir William Orpen (self-portrait).

Estimate €1200 – €1800.

Inscribed lower centre.

MEDIUM: ink on Metropolitan School of Art headed paper.

SIZE: 13 x 8in. (33.02 x 20.32cm).

FRAMED SIZE: 19.50 x 14.50in. (49.53 x 36.83cm).

CONDITION: Some creasing visible, most notably lower right. Otherwise very good condition.

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Lot 14

Kissing the Blarney Stone by Sir William Orpen (self-portrait).

Estimate: €2000 – €3000.

Signed lower centre and lower right; with Pyms Gallery label on reverse.

MEDIUM: ink and wash.

SIZE: 10¼ x 16in. (26.04 x 40.64cm).

FRAMED SIZE: 19.50 x 24.50in. (49.53 x 62.23cm).

CONDITION: Vertical and horizontal folds are visible on close inspection. Some staining. Otherwise very good condition.

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Text from Whytes catalogue – https://www.whytes.ie/art/the-bathers-study-1900/180598/?SearchString=&LotNumSearch=&GuidePrice=&OrderBy=&ArtistID=&ArrangeBy=list&NumPerPage=15&offset=9

 

Post by Dominic Lee, Orpen Research Archives.