Live Auction 5941Modern British and Irish Art Day Sale
Paul Henry, R.H.A. (1876-1958)
Lot 167 Private Collection

Paul Henry, R.H.A. (1876-1958)

Roadside Cottages, below Mweelrea Mountain

Closed13 December 2012

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GBP 100,850

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Paul Henry, R.H.A. (1876-1958)
Roadside Cottages, below Mweelrea Mountain
signed 'PAUL HENRY' (lower right)
oil on panel
14 x 16 in. (35.5 x 40.6 cm.)
Painted in 1940.

Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, London, 28 September 1994, lot 141, as 'Roadside Cottages, Killarney Bay, below Mweelrea Mountain'.
The Daly Settlement.

Specialist note

The view almost certainly looks west from the road south of Delphi in County Mayo. The foreground water may be Fin Lough. Mweelrea mountain rises to a height of 817 metres. Although it is dated 1925-40 in Kennedy 2007, the fluidity of the paint and brushwork and the overall brightness of the colours suggest a date closer to 1940.

We are very grateful to Dr Brian Kennedy for his assistance in preparing the catalogue entries for lots 167-169.