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    • Evie Hone, H.R.H.A. (1894-1955
    Lot 55

    Evie Hone, H.R.H.A. (1894-1955)

    Head of Christ, study for the Eton window

    Price realised

    GBP 13,700

    Estimate

    GBP 10,000 - GBP 15,000

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    Evie Hone, H.R.H.A. (1894-1955)
    Head of Christ, study for the Eton window
    stained-glass window, leaded and painted
    21 in. (53.3 cm.) high
    Conceived circa 1952.

    Provenance

    Rt. Hon. The Earl of Crawford and Balcarres, and by descent.

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    Literature and exhibited

    Literature

    Exhibition catalogue, Evie Hone, London, Tate Gallery, 1959, p. xvi, no. 23, pl. VI.


    Exhibited

    Dublin, Irish Exhibition of Living Art, Memorial Section to Evie Hone, 1955.
    London, Arts Council, Tate Gallery, Evie Hone, January - February 1959, no. 23.


    Lot Essay

    Evie Hone was directly related to both the first Nathaniel Hone (see lot 18) and also the second Nathaniel Hone (see lots 27-31). A stained glass artist of international repute, she came to the medium of stained glass having already established herself as an outstanding religious painter.

    The window in Eton College Chapel, bequeathed to Maynooth College by the artist, was erected in 1952.

    Evie Hone was one of the founding members of the IELA (Irish Exhibition of Living Art) and the present work was exhibited at the Memorial Exhibition in 1955.

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