William Orpen, Irish, 1878-1931
Title: Myself and Cupid
Date: 1910
Medium: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
102 × 86.5 cm
Signed: lower right: ORPEN
Credit Line: Purchased, 2021
Object Number: NGI.2021.49
ProvenanceLady Orpen, and thence by descent until 1974; Fine Art Society, London, where acquired by Alan Fortunoff, New York; Fine Art Society, London, 1994; Christie’s, London, 9 May 1996, lot 100, where acquired by private collector; Sotheby’s, London, ‘British Art Evening Sale: Modern/Contemporary’, 29 June 2021, lot 24; Purchased, 2021
Exhibition HistorySpring, New English Art Club, London, 1911, no.164
Late Members, Royal Academy, London, January - March 1933, no. 35 (as Portrait of the Painter)
Winter Exhibition, Fine Art Society, London, December 1974, no. 24
William Orpen A Centenary Exhibition, National Gallery of Ireland, Dublin, November - December 1978, no. 73
Spring Exhibition, Fine Art Society, London, 1994, no. 41.
Late Members, Royal Academy, London, January - March 1933, no. 35 (as Portrait of the Painter)
Winter Exhibition, Fine Art Society, London, December 1974, no. 24
William Orpen A Centenary Exhibition, National Gallery of Ireland, Dublin, November - December 1978, no. 73
Spring Exhibition, Fine Art Society, London, 1994, no. 41.