Important Irish Art
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wednesday 26th March 2014 at 6pm
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Percy Oswald Reeves (1870-1967)
The Virgin, standing, in profile, on a ground of
interlocking flowerheads and ivy
Gouache, irregular lancet shape, 58 x 15cm (22.75” x 6”)
Inscribed
Oswald Reeves, Wicklow
verso
This is a to-scale study for his bronze memorial tablet
in The Lady Chapel at St. John’s College, University
of Sydney, NSW. The original tablet can be seen in the
black and white image below the drawing, it was made
from bronze, with copper, enamel and silver.
€1,000 - 2,000
