Three Orpen works for sale at Morgan O’Driscoll Skibbereen, Co. Cork, online auction ends 26th June 2023.

LOT: 19

Self Portrait by Sir William Orpen – ‘I have given up drink’

ESTIMATE: €1,500 – €2,000.
ARTIST: SIR WILLIAM ORPEN RHA (1878-1931).
TITLE: Self Portrait – I’ve Given Up Drink.
MEDIUM: pen and ink on paper.
SIZE: 17 x 11cm (6.7 x 4.3in).
FRAMED SIZE:41 x 34cm (16.1 x 13.4in).
Private Collection.

Sold – Hammer Price €1,600.

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LOT: 42

‘The Manchester Child Has Nearly Killed Me’

ESTIMATE: €1,500 – €2,000.

ARTIST: SIR WILLIAM ORPEN RHA (1878-1931).

MEDIUM: pen and ink on paper.

SIZE: 17 x 21½cm (6.7 x 8.5in). FRAMED SIZE: 41 x 45cm (16.1 x 17.7in).

Private Collection.

Sold – Hammer Price €1,500.

Orpen is probably referring to this portrait of Clara Hughes. He wasn’t too fond of painting children!
Clara Hughes by Sir William Orpen (1902). Not in the auction.
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LOT: 37.
‘Singer’
ESTIMATE: €1,000 – €1,500.
ARTIST: SIR WILLIAM ORPEN RHA (1878-1931).
MEDIUM: red chalk on paper.
SIZE: 20 x 15½cm (7.9 x 6.1in).
FRAMED SIZE: 50.5 x 44cm (19.9 x 17.3in).
Private Collection.

Sold – Hammer Price €1,100.

Post by Dominic Lee, Orpen Research Archives.