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THE HAPPY PRIEST
Patrick Collins (Irish, 1910–1994) · 1965
€14,000 hammer
≈ $16,442≈ £12,379
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- Medium
- Oil · Paintings all oil results →As published: “oil on board”
- Support
- Board
- Signed / inscribed
- Signed and dated lower right; original exhibition labels on reverse
- Category
- Oil paintings
- Dimensions
- 46 x 36in. (116.84 x 91.44cm)
- Auction house
- Whyte's
- Sale
- IRISH & INTERNATIONAL ART (803)
- Date
- October 2, 2017
- Location
- Dublin, Ireland
- Lot
- 60
- Estimate
- €15,000 – €20,000 (≈ $17,616 – $23,488) (≈ £13,263 – £17,684)
- Source
- Auction house whytes.ie ↗Retrieved Sep 25, 2026
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Provenance trail: auction history of this work
Offered twice between 2005 and 2017 · sold 2
Apr 26, 2005 · Whyte's
Important Irish Art, lot 76
Sold €15,000Sign up to see
As catalogued
Patrick Collins, “THE HAPPY PRIEST”
oil on board
117 by 91cm., 46 by 36in.
Oct 2, 2017 · Whyte's this result
IRISH & INTERNATIONAL ART, lot 60
Sold €14,000 −7%Sign up to see · est. €15,000 – €20,000
As catalogued
Patrick Collins, “THE HAPPY PRIEST”, 1965
oil on board
46 x 36in. (116.84 x 91.44cm)
Appearances are linked when the photographs match and the size, medium and title agree (match confidence 88%). 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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