EIGHT IRISH PORTRAITS IN WORDS AND WATERCOLOUR, 1990
Lithograph · ed. edition of 1000
Whyte's · Jun 29, 2026€460 ≈ $525 ≈ £397Sign up free to see priceImage courtesy Whyte's
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TINKER CHILDREN AT A FAIR
Louis le Brocquy (Irish, 1916–2012) · 1946
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Estimate €30,000 (≈ $36,921) (≈ £25,459)
Offered at Whyte's and passed / bought in. Counted in the artist’s sell-through rate; no price, so not in price averages.
Auction history of this work: offered 2 times ↓
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- Medium
- Watercolor · Works on paper all watercolor results →As published: “watercolour with ink”
- Signed / inscribed
- Signed lower right; with Dawson Gallery framing label on reverse
- Category
- Watercolors
- Dimensions
- 28 by 23cm., 11 by 9.25in.
- Auction house
- Whyte's
- Sale
- Important Irish Art (740)
- Date
- May 31, 2010
- Location
- Dublin, Ireland
- Lot
- 121
- Estimate
- €30,000 (≈ $36,921) (≈ £25,459)
- Source
- Auction house whytes.ie ↗Retrieved Sep 25, 2026
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Provenance trail: auction history of this work
Offered twice between 2010 and 2011 · sold 0 · bought in / unsold 2
May 31, 2010 · Whyte's this result
Important Irish Art, lot 121
Bought in / unsold · est. €30,000
As catalogued
Louis le Brocquy, “TINKER CHILDREN AT A FAIR”, 1946
watercolour with ink
28 by 23cm., 11 by 9.25in.
Nov 28, 2011 · Whyte's
Important Irish Art, lot 29
Bought in / unsold · est. €20,000 – €25,000
As catalogued
Louis le Brocquy, “TINKER CHILDREN AT A FAIR”, 1946
watercolour with ink
28 by 23cm., 11 by 9.25in.
Appearances are linked when the photographs match and the size, medium and title agree (match confidence 93%). Casts and prints are linked only when the cast or impression number also matches. Price changes compare each sold price with the previous one (in USD at each sale’s exchange rate when the currencies differ). Details are shown as each house published them.
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