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Louis le Brocquy (1916-2012), Color Aquatint, Head on Red, 1974

Currency:EUR Category:Collectibles Start Price:450.00 EUR Estimated At:720.00 - 900.00 EUR
Louis le Brocquy (1916-2012), Color Aquatint, Head on Red, 1974
This color aquatint etching ‘Head on red ground - Reconstructing Head’ was made in 1974 in Ireland by Louis le Brocquy (1916-2012). The work on Arches handmade paper with the edition ‘Maeght’, watermarks on the right edge, radiates in a bright red, which turns into a brilliant orange. A re-developed head can be made out. The lighter the background, the more absolute is the re-construction.



The work is signed in pencil on the lower left margin with ‘Louis le Brocquy’ and numbered with ‘31/75’. En verso it is titled with ‘Tête reconstituée’. The color aquatint etching is in very good condition. The sheet is slightly toned on the reverse side. The sheet dimensions are 66 x 50.5 cm and the plate size is 39.5 x 39.8 cm.



Louis le Brocquy (1916-2012)

Louis le Brocquy is most famous for his expressive portraits in which he depicts famous artists and writers, such as James Joyce, Samuel Beckett, William Butler Yeats, Seamus Heaney and Francis Bacon. His works often consist of several layers of paint, which do not overlap but remain transparent. In 1956 he won, as the representative of Ireland, the Venice Biennale. Brocquy was a member and Saoi of the Aosdána, the association of major Irish artists.
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