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Seán Keating PRHA HRA HRSA (1889-1977) THREE IRIS

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Seán Keating PRHA HRA HRSA (1889-1977) THREE IRIS
<B>Seán Keating PRHA HRA HRSA (1889-1977)</B><BR>THREE IRISH WORKMEN, 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 In a letter to the original owner of this work, Keating refers to the three workmen depicted as "three sinister heads", but then goes on to add, "they are not really sinister, but ill-treated and oppressed". Copy of the letter supplied with lot.