Paul Henry
, Irish, 1876-1958
Title
Sketch 'Old Age'Datec.1910-1919
MediumGraphite on paper
Dimensions
19.4 x 14.3 cm
Signedlower right (in graphite): Paul Hry
Credit LinePresented, 2019
Object numberNGI.2019.218
DescriptionStudies such as this were mainly done by Henry during his early years on Achill Island.On Achill, Henry became known as ‘the sketcher’, often drawing the islanders in a sketchbook concealed behind other papers. He used these sketches, often years later, as source material for his compositions. This drawing of an old woman, wrapped in a shawl, is probably a leaf from a sketchbook, and has been dated c.1910-19 by S.B. Kennedy on stylistic grounds.
ProvenanceArtist’s studio until 1957; sale, de Veres, Dublin, 26 May 1992, lot 146, probably acquired by David Britton; thence to the previous owner; presented, 2019Exhibition HistoryShannon, 1957