细节
GRACE HENRY, H.R.H.A. (1868-1953)
The Rosary
signed 'G. Henry.' (lower left)
oil on canvas
15 7⁄8 x 14 1⁄8 in. (40.3 x 35.9 cm.)
Painted circa 1910.
来源
with Brook Street Gallery, London.
Anonymous sale; Christie's, London, 19 May 2000, lot 219, where acquired for the present collection.
展览
Paris, Galeries Barbazanges, Exposition d'Art Irlandais, January – February 1922, no. 21, as ‘Femme recitant son chapelet’.
Dublin, Hugh Lane Municipal Gallery of Modern Art, The Paintings of Paul and Grace Henry, November - December 1991, no. 2, illustrated.
Dublin, Royal Hibernian Academy, A Free Spirit: Irish Art 1860-1960, June - July 1990, p. 164, no. 50, illustrated.
Dublin, Irish Museum of Modern Art, Championing Irish Art: The Mary and Alan Hobart Collection, April - July 2023, pp. 40-41, exhibition not numbered, illustrated.

荣誉呈献

Elizabeth Comba
Elizabeth Comba Specialist

拍品专文

Painted circa 1910, The Rosary uses vivid planes of colour in a distinctly Post-Impressionist style to depict an intimate interior scene in the west of Ireland. The subject of the repeating of the Rosary had been treated by artists such as Cézanne. In the present work, Henry addresses religious observance in a cloissoniste style, reflecting the ceremonial aspect of religion which was widely practiced in Connemara communities at the time. This act, usually undertaken before bedtime, is both religious and familial – reflecting the coming together of a family at a regular time each day and continues to be repeated in the west of Ireland today.

The present work was exhibited as part of The Irish Race Conference in Paris in 1922. Henry was one of several female artists given prominent representation in this exhibition. The conference was intended to provide a platform for Ireland to represent itself as an independent nation through culture. It highlighted Ireland’s sovereignty enabling opportunities between Ireland and the rest of the world.

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