ST. PETER'S PLACE, DROGHEDA
Watercolor
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BALTRAY FORESHORE
Bea Orpen (Irish, 1913–1980)
€300 hammer
≈ $398≈ £253
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- Medium
- Watercolor · Works on paper all watercolor results →As published: “watercolour”
- Signed / inscribed
- Signed lower left; inscribed with title on reverse; also with Dawson Gallery framing label on reverse
- Category
- Watercolors
- Dimensions
- 15 by 20cm., 6 by 8in.
- Auction house
- Whyte's
- Sale
- Art for Christmas (744)
- Date
- December 13, 2010
- Location
- Dublin, Ireland
- Lot
- 120
- Estimate
- €300 (≈ $398) (≈ £253)
- Source
- Auction house whytes.ie ↗Retrieved Sep 25, 2026
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