Live Auction 7719The Irish and Sporting Art Sale
Christie’s roundel
Lot 52

Sir William Orpen, R.H.A., R.A. (1878-1931)

Bunny seated holding a bowl and spoon on her lap

Closed8 May 2009

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GBP 3,000

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Sir William Orpen, R.H.A., R.A. (1878-1931)
Bunny seated holding a bowl and spoon on her lap
signed 'ORPEN' (lower right)
pencil
10½ x 8 in. (26.6 x 20.3 cm.)
Executed circa 1908.

Specialist note

This work probably dates to circa 1908 when Orpen executed a number of drawings of his eldest daughter, Mary, known as Bunny.

Lots 48-53 will be included in the catalogue raisonné currently being prepared by Christopher Pearson of the Orpen Research Project.