Paul Henry RHA RUA (1876-1958) Turf Stacks, West of Ireland Oil on canvas, 35 x 40cm (13¾ x 15¾'') Signed Provenance: Sale, Adams, Dublin: 2 December 1982, lot 38 as West of Ireland Bogland...

Paul Henry RHA RUA (1876-1958) Turf Stacks, West of Ireland Oil on canvas, 35 x 40cm (13¾ x 15¾'') Signed Provenance: Sale, Adams, Dublin: 2 December 1982, lot 38 as West of Ireland Bogland Scene with Mountains in Distance, reproduced; 14 May 1987, lot 118 as West of Ireland Bogland Scene, reproduced; private collection Exhibited: ''Exhibition of Pictures by Paul and Grace Henry'', Mills' Hall, Dublin, 9-23 April 1918 (number unknown) Literature: S. B. Kennedy, ''Paul Henry: with a catalogue of the Paintings, Drawings, Illustrations'', New Haven and London, Yale University Press, 2007, p. 242, catalogue number 701, reproduced The setting for this composition is almost certainly the low lying area around Ballycroy, Bangor Erris and Pollatomish in north County Mayo, where Paul Henry worked as paymaster for the Congested Districts Board during 1917-18. The marshy foreground, with its pools of water amply fed by the prevailing weather, illustrate the artist's excitement with the area. Dated 1928-33 in Kennedy, 2007, but that was before the exact form of the signature was known. Dr. S.B. Kennedy

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