Adam's Important Irish Art Auction Tuesday 27th March 2018

35 www.adams.ie Important Irish Art | 27th March 2018 25 GRACE HENRY HRHA (1868-1953) Strand Achill (1910-1912) Oil on canvas, 40 x 61cm (15¾ x 24’’) Signed Grace Henry first went to Achill with her husband, Paul Henry, in the summer of 1910 and remained there - on and off- until 1919. To begin with they were both enthralled by life on the island, as for example her Top of the Hill, 1914-15 (Limerick Art Gallery) shows, but slowly Grace grew disenchanted by its limitations. The handling of paint on the sand and on the water illustrates the simplicity which typifies both the Henrys work of these years. One cannot be sure of the whereabouts of the scene, but it may represent the southern shores of the Corraun Peninsula. Alternatively Keel Strand is a possibil- ity, although the distant mountains seem far distant from the Menawn Cliffs which dominate the area. Despite the representation of this picture, Grace Henry was arguably more avant-garde in her work than her husband and she certainly veered more towards abstraction. Dated 1910-12 on stylistic grounds and on the evidence of the signature. Dr S.B. Kennedy € 5,000 - 7,000