Man in a Room

Details

Louis Le Brocquy, H.R.H.A. (b.1916)
Man in a Room
signed 'Le Brocquy' (lower left), signed again and inscribed 'MAN IN A ROOM/LOUIS LE BROCQUY/LONDON MSS 6' (on the reverse)
oil on canvas
7 x 9¾ in. (17.7 x 24.6 cm.)

Provenance

with Leicester Galleries, London.

Special notice

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Lot Essay

Belonging to the Family Series, also known as the artist's 'Grey Period', the present work is contemporary with Child in a Yard, 1954 (Hugh Lane Gallery, Dublin) and Child Alone, 1954 (on loan to the National Gallery of Ireland). It is a rare example of a small group of paintings of children that spring from the central work, A Family, 1951 which won the artist a major international prize at the Venice Biennale in 1956. Another work from the same period entitled 'Child with a Green Background' is being offered in the Irish Sale at King Street as lot 10.

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