Irish Art
Irish Art
Property from the Collection of Sir Michael Smurfit
Roderic O'Conor
The Artist's Studio
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November 23, 04:28 PM GMT
Estimate
80,000 - 120,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
Property from the Collection of Sir Michael Smurfit
Roderic O'Conor
1860 - 1940
The Artist's Studio
signed and dated R.O'Conor '19 (lower left); also stamped atelier O'CONOR (on the reverse)
oil on canvas
unframed: 92 by 73cm.; 36½ by 28¾in.
framed: 119 by 99cm.; 47 by 39in.
Executed in 1919.
Sale, Hôtel Drouot, Paris, Vente O'Conor, 7 February 1956
Musée du Petit Palais, Geneva
Private Collection, Northern Ireland
Sale, Christie's, London, 17 May 2001, lot 150, as Self-Portrait Holding Palette, where acquired by Sir Michael Smurfit
Revue ABC Décor, no.41, March 1968, p. 89
Jonathan Benington, Roderic O'Conor, a Biography with a Catalogue of his Work, Dublin, 1992, pp. 124, 216, no.218, illustrated pl.61
P. Spellman, Recollections of Roderic O’ Conor: An Interview with his Grandniece, Irish Arts Review, vol. 14, 1998, p.84, illustrated
Paris, Salon d'Automne, 1921, no.1776 (as Le peintre)
South Africa, National Museums of Pretoria, Durban, Port Elizabeth, Cape Town, Johannesburg, Ecole de Paris, de Renoir à Kisling, n.d., illustrated in catalogue
Geneva, Petit Palais, Le Tour de l'Europe en 80 Tableaux, 15 June - 31 October 1990
Yamanashi, Japan, Departmental Museum of Art, Paris, la joie de vivre, 2 April - 11 October 1993, no.79, with tour to Navio Museum of Art; Museum and Cultural Institute of Miyazaki; Municipal Museum of Art, Hamanatsu; Departmental Museum of Art, Okoyama, illustrated in catalogue p. 101
Liverpool, Walker Art Gallery, When Time Began To Rant and Rage, Figurative Painting from Twentieth-Century Ireland, 16 October 1998 – December 1999, no.21, with tour to Berkeley Art Museum, University of California; Grey Art Gallery, New York University and London, Barbican Art Gallery, illustrated in the catalogue p. 165
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Paris, Salon d'Automne, 1921, n°1776 (comme Le peintre)
Afrique du Sud, National Museums of Pretoria, Durban, Port Elizabeth, Cape Town, Johannesburg, Ecole de Paris, de Renoir à Kisling, s.d., illustré dans le catalogue
Genève, Petit Palais, Le Tour de l'Europe en 80 Tableaux, 15 juin - 31 octobre 1990
Yamanashi, Japon, Musée départemental d'art, Paris, la joie de vivre, 2 avril - 11 octobre 1993, no.79, avec visite au Musée d'art de Navio; Musée et Institut culturel de Miyazaki; Musée municipal d'art, Hamanatsu; Musée départemental d'art, Okoyama, illustré dans le catalogue p. 101
Liverpool, Walker Art Gallery, When Time Began To Rant and Rage, Figurative Painting from Twentieth-Century Ireland, 16 octobre 1998 - décembre 1999, no.21, avec une tournée au Berkeley Art Museum, University of California; Grey Art Gallery, New York University et London, Barbican Art Gallery, illustré dans le catalogue p. 165