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Seán O'Sullivan, Irish, 1906-1964
Title: Slumber
Date: 1931
Medium: Pen and ink on paper
Dimensions:
21 x 30.5 cm
Signed: lower right: Seán O Sullivan RHA 1931
Credit Line: Purchased, 2008
Object Number: NGI.2008.93
DescriptionThis intimate image depicts O’Sullivan’s mother-in-law, Lidia Mouw. O’Sullivan met Lidia’s daughter Renée Mouw while at the Central School of Art, and they married in 1925. The drawing remained in the family until sold at auction recently. The subject matter and busy markmaking reveal the influence of Rembrandt and Walter Sickert. Although drawn in pen and ink the work could be mistaken for an etching. O’Sullivan’s choice of subject, a woman sleeping under a mound of richly patterned bedclothes, shows his interest in ordinary domestic life.
ProvenanceBy descent in the Artist's family; purchased, De Veres Art Auction, Dublin, 13th October 2008, lot 295
Inscription(on verso of frame) Lidia Mouw mother in law of the artist