Sir William Orpen, R.A., R.H.A. (1878-1931)

The Arrival; and The Departure

細節

Sir William Orpen, R.A., R.H.A. (1878-1931)
The Arrival; and The Departure
the one inscribed 'THE ARRIVAL'(lower centre); the other inscribed 'THE DEPARTURE' (lower centre)
each pen and black ink on writing paper; unframed
each 13 x 8 in. (33 x 20.5 cm.)
Executed in 1909 (2)

來源

The Artist's Family.

出版

B. Arnold, Orpen: Mirror to an Age, London, 1981, pp.264-67 (illustrated).

拍品專文

These drawings, executed on Metropolitan School of Art headed paper in a letter to his wife, Grace, depict George, Edith and the Bear, the Hungarian gypsies with their performing bear who Orpen met in Dublin in 1909. They are the subject of a watercolour (Johannesburg Gallery) and two major canvases in which they are seated with the bear against a distant view of the Hill of Howth: 'In the Dublin Mountains' (Oldham Art Gallery), and 'The Rest' (Private Collection).