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Louis Le Brocquy, H.R.H.A. (b. 1916)
Lot 240

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

Image of James Joyce I

Fermé24 May 2012

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GBP 31,250

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Louis Le Brocquy, H.R.H.A. (b. 1916)
Image of James Joyce I
signed and dated 'LE BROCQUY 79' (on the reverse), signed and dated again and inscribed 'ETUDE VERS UNE IMAGE DE JAMES JOYCE 1978/79' (on the reverse)
oil on canvas
27¼ x 27¼ in. (69.2 x 69.2 cm.)

Purchased direct from the artist by the present owner in 1979.

Note du spécialiste

The present work is a portrait of the modernist novelist and poet, James Joyce. As with Louis le Brocquy's portraits of Samuel Beckett (see lot 239), le Brocquy first started creating studies for portraits of Joyce in 1965, and by 1979 he had created a series of no less than 120 head portraits of the poet in charcoal, watercolour and oil.