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BREEZY DAY
Bea Orpen (Irish, 1913–1980)
€1,250 hammer
≈ $1,744≈ £1,082
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- Medium
- Gouache · Works on paper all gouache results →As published: “gouache on buff-coloured paper”
- Support
- Paper
- Signed / inscribed
- Signed lower right; inscribed with title, The Blue School Drogheda and original price [12gns] on reverse
- Category
- Gouaches
- Dimensions
- 34 by 48cm., 13.5 by 18.7 5in.
- Auction house
- Whyte's
- Sale
- Irish & British Art (745)
- Date
- March 14, 2011
- Location
- Dublin, Ireland
- Lot
- 3
- Estimate
- €500 – — (≈ $697) (≈ £433)
- Source
- Auction house whytes.ie ↗Retrieved Sep 25, 2026
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