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BLACKROCK CASTLE
Frank McKelvey (Irish, 1895–1974)
€2,200 hammer
≈ $2,228≈ £1,402
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- Medium
- Watercolor · Works on paper all watercolor results →As published: “watercolour”
- Signed / inscribed
- Signed and dated [1914] lower right
- Category
- Watercolors
- Dimensions
- 24 by 30cm., 9.5 by 12in.
- Auction house
- Whyte's
- Sale
- Irish Art (690)
- Date
- November 19, 2002
- Location
- Dublin, Ireland
- Lot
- 100
- Estimate
- —
- Source
- Auction house whytes.ie ↗Retrieved Sep 25, 2026
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Provenance trail: auction history of this work
Offered twice between 2001 and 2002 · sold 1 · bought in / unsold 1
Oct 9, 2001 · Whyte's
Irish Art, lot 121
Bought in / unsold
As catalogued
Frank McKelvey, “BLACKROCK CASTLE”
watercolour
24 by 30cm., 9.5 by 12in.
Nov 19, 2002 · Whyte's this result
Irish Art, lot 100
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As catalogued
Frank McKelvey, “BLACKROCK CASTLE”
watercolour
24 by 30cm., 9.5 by 12in.
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