Lot Essay
This work was painted during the early 1920s to illustrate J.M. Synge's 1907 play of the same title.
The Playboy of the Western World
Details
Sean Keating, P.R.H.A., H.R.A., H.R.S.A. (1889-1978)
The Playboy of the Western World
signed 'Keating' (lower right)
oil on board
48 x 48in. (122 x 122cm.)
The Playboy of the Western World
signed 'Keating' (lower right)
oil on board
48 x 48in. (122 x 122cm.)
Provenance
J.R. Johnston, Jedburgh, by whom purchased at the 1958 exhibition.
Exhibited
Edinburgh, Royal Scottish Academy, 1958, no.92.