Modern British & 20th Century Art - 31st May 2022

Lot 104

Sir William Orpen KBE

Estimate £300 - £500 | Hammer £180

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Description

Sir William Orpen KBE, RA, RHA (Irish 1878-1931)

Head studies of elderly figures wearing caps (recto and verso); The Refugee

Two, the latter signed William Orpen (in pencil, lower right)

Red chalk; reproduction print

37.2 x 27.3cm; 43.4 x 35.1cm (sheet) (2)

Provenance:

'Head studies' with Sir William Rothenstein (1872-1945);

And by family descent;

Abbott and Holder, London, March 2004