Paul Henry RHA RUA (1876-1958) Connemara Cottages (1942-3) Oil on board, 34 x 39cm (13½ x 15½'') Signed Provenance: Combridge Gallery, Dublin; Bell Gallery, Belfast; Molly Lawrence, Belfast;...

Paul Henry RHA RUA (1876-1958) Connemara Cottages (1942-3) Oil on board, 34 x 39cm (13½ x 15½'') Signed Provenance: Combridge Gallery, Dublin; Bell Gallery, Belfast; Molly Lawrence, Belfast; her sale, Ross's, Belfast, 6 February 2002, lot 186, as Connemara Cottage [sic], reproduced in colour; private collection Literature: S. B. Kennedy, Paul Henry: with a catalogue of the Paintings, Drawings, Illustrations, New Haven & London, Yale University Press, 2007, p. 305, catalogue number 1044 There are labels on the reverse of the Combridge Gallery, with the number 97/8 and STOCK 473 DTX/-/-, and of the Bell Gallery. Painted on one of Henry's trips to the West of Ireland during 1942 or 1943. The impasto, especially on the mountains and in the foreground is heavier than is usual for Henry and lends a monumental aspect to the composition. Dr S.B. Kennedy

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