Paul Henry (Irish, 1876-1958) The Bog Pool

Description:

Paul Henry (Irish, 1876-1958)

The Bog Pool, c. 1921-2
Signed "PAUL HENRY" l.l., titled in the artist's hand on a label affixed to the
stretcher.
Oil on canvas, 20 x 24 in. (50.8 x 61.0 cm),framed.
Condition: Minor surface grime, fine craquelure.
Provenance: A Midwestern library.
Exhibitions: Exhibition of Pictures by Paul and Grace Henry, Dublin Painters' Gallery, Dublin 17 June-1 July 1922 (catalogue number 6); Paintings by Paul Henry, Hackett Gallery, New York, 10-22 March 1930 (14); Paintings of Ireland by Irish Artists, Grace Horne's Gallery, Boston, 31 March-18 April 1930 (10).

N.B. The present work depicts a scene in Connemara in the West of Ireland and is dated c. 1921-2 on stylistic grounds. The Bog Pool is numbered 1264 in S. B. Kennedy's ongoing cataloguing of Paul Henry's oeuvre. We wish to thank Dr. S.B. Kennedy for his kind assistance with cataloguing the lot.

Beginning in the mid-1910s, Henry moved away from the influence of Jean-François Millet toward that of James A.M. Whistler, favoring pure landscape and atmosphere over depictions of the heroic figure. (1) Compositionally, the present landscape is characteristic of his "two-part division of the picture-plane dominated by the ponderously clouded sky..." (2)

(1) S. B. Kennedy, Paul Henry: With a Catalogue of the Paintings, Drawings, Illustrations, London: Yale University Press, 2007, p. 42.
(2) Ibid., 43.

Estimate $30,000-50,000

No additional condition issues to report.

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