Louis le Brocquy, H.R.H.A. (b.1916)

Reconstructed Head of a Child

Details

Louis le Brocquy, H.R.H.A. (b.1916)
Reconstructed Head of a Child
inscribed 'RECONSTRUCTED HEAD OF A CHILD/234' (on the reverse)
oil on canvas
39½ x 39½ in. (100.3 x 100.3 cm.)
Painted in 1968

Exhibited

London, Gimpel Fils, Louis le Brocquy Recent Paintings, October 1968, no.42 (illustrated): this exhibition travelled to Zurich, Gimpel & Hanover Galerie, January-February 1969.

Sale room notice

This work has been incorrectly illustrated in the catalogue and the image should be rotated 45 degrees to the right.

Lot Essay

One of a highly evocative series including 'Reconstructed Head of a Man' (Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institute, Washington D.C.).

This work is recorded in the artist's archive as Opus 234.

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