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Seán Keating PRHA HRA HRSA (1889-1977) AN ARAN CO

Currency:EUR Category:Antiques / Other Start Price:NA Estimated At:5,000.00 - 7,000.00 EUR
Seán Keating PRHA HRA HRSA (1889-1977) AN ARAN CO
<B>Seán Keating PRHA HRA HRSA (1889-1977)</B><BR>AN ARAN COUPLE, circa 1971<BR>signed lower right<BR>charcoal heightened with white chalk on paper<BR>55 by 75cm., 21.5 by 29.5in.<BR>Provenance:<BR>Purchased directly from the artist by Dr Bloomfield, 1971, for £50; Thence by descent The figure on the right is believed to be a portrait of Tiger King, who was renowned on the Aran Islands as a boxer. In a letter to the original owner of this drawing, Keating mentions a drawing of two heads which Dr Bloomfield had seen exhibited at the Oireachtas, and promised to sell him either the original preparatory sketch or a variant thereof. Copy of letter supplied with lot.
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