Portrait of Samuel Beckett

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Louis Le Brocquy, H.R.H.A. (b. 1916)
Portrait of Samuel Beckett
signed and dated 'Le Brocquy 92' (lower left), signed, inscribed and dated 'LE BROCQUY '92, IMAGE OF SAMUEL BECKETT' (on the reverse)
watercolour on paper
20 x 14¼ in. (50.8 x 36.2 cm.)
Painted in 1992.

Provenance

Galerie Beyeler, Basel.

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Lot Essay

Louis le Brocquy met Samuel Beckett through Con Levanthal, Beckett's professor at Trinity College. They formed a close friendship in Paris until Beckett's death in 1989. Anne Cremin writes that 'Louis le Brocquy has been attracted to Beckett's remarkable face and has created haunting images of Beckett' (Sam on Art, The Sunday Tribune, 22 September 1985).

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