Louis le Brocquy, H.R.H.A. (b. 1916)
Lot 177

Louis le Brocquy, H.R.H.A. (b. 1916)

Miss Joanna Yorke; and Miss Lisa Yorke

Closed26 May 2011

Price Realised

GBP 16,250

More Information

How to sell

Louis le Brocquy, H.R.H.A. (b. 1916)
Miss Joanna Yorke; and Miss Lisa Yorke
the one signed 'Le Brocquy' (lower left), signed with a monogram (lower right), signed again, inscribed and dated 'MISS JOANNA YORKE/LOUIS LE BROCQUY 1953' (on the canvas overlap), signed with initials again 'LE B' (on a label attached to reverse); the other signed, dated and signed with a monogram 'LE BROCQUY/53' (lower left), signed again twice, inscribed and dated again 'MISS LISA YORKE/LOUIS LE BROCQUY 1953/LE B' (on a label attached to the reverse)
each oil on canvas laid on board
each 8¼ x 7¼ in. (21 x 18.4 cm.)
2 (2)

Commissioned by the present owner's father, F.R.S. Yorke.

Specialist note

The portraits of Miss Joanna and Miss Lisa Yorke were commissioned by their father F.R.S. Yorke, the English Modernist architect. Yorke formed YRM in 1944, with Eugene Rosenberg and Cyril Mardall, one of Britain's most successsful post-war architectural practices who famously designed Gatwick Airport.