Photo © Gormley's Art Auctions — view this lot on Gormley's Art Auctions ↗Male Nude Study
Drawing (pencil) · Paper
Gormley's Art Auctions · Jun 9, 2026Unsold / did not meet reserveImage courtesy Whyte's
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GLADYS COOPER
William Orpen (British, 1878–1931)
€175,000 hammer
≈ $192,115≈ £124,250
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- Medium
- Oil · Paintings all oil results →As published: “oil on canvas”
- Support
- Canvas
- Signed / inscribed
- Signed upper right; with exhibition label on reverse
- Category
- Oil paintings
- Dimensions
- 30 x 25in. (76.20 x 63½cm)
- Auction house
- Whyte's
- Sale
- IMPORTANT IRISH ART (778)
- Date
- May 25, 2015
- Location
- Dublin, Ireland
- Lot
- 26
- Estimate
- €80,000 – €120,000 (≈ $87,824 – $131,736) (≈ £56,800 – £85,200)
- Source
- Auction house whytes.ie ↗Retrieved Sep 25, 2026
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