Photo © Morgan O'Driscoll — view this lot on Morgan O'Driscoll ↗Daily Mail Drawing, 1928
Watercolor · Paper
Morgan O'Driscoll · Sep 7, 2026€1,600 ≈ $1,860 ≈ £1,374Sign up free to see priceImage courtesy Whyte's
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A PERILOUS SITUATION
William Orpen (British, 1878–1931)
€2,400 hammer
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- Medium
- Drawing (ink) · Works on paper all drawing results →As published: “pen and ink”
- Signed / inscribed
- inscribed lower right
- Category
- Drawings
- Dimensions
- 28 by 19cm., 11 by 7.5in.
- Auction house
- Whyte's
- Sale
- Important Irish & British Art (721)
- Date
- February 25, 2008
- Location
- Dublin, Ireland
- Lot
- 96
- Estimate
- —
- Source
- Auction house whytes.ie ↗Retrieved Sep 25, 2026
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