Irish Art, including Property from the Collection of Sir Michael Smurfit
Irish Art, including Property from the Collection of Sir Michael Smurfit
Auction Closed
September 9, 02:37 PM GMT
Estimate
6,000 - 8,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
HARRY KERNOFF, R.H.A.
1900-1974
PORTRAIT OF LIAM O’FLAHERTY
signed and dated l.l.: KERNOFF 33
oil on board
51 by 38cm., 20 by 15in.
Whyte's, Dublin, 30 November 2004, lot 158, where purchased by the present owner
Dublin, Hugh Lane Gallery, Harry Kernoff Memorial Exhibition, 14 December 1976 - 30 January 1977, no.41
Liam O'Flaherty (1896-1984) was an Irish novelist and considered one of the foremost socialist writers in the first part of the 20th century. Artist and writer likely met in the mid-1920s through their associations with their avant-garde circles, such as The Radical Club and the Radical Painters' Group.
