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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LORD GEORGE HELL
William Orpen (British, 1878–1931)
€8,500 hammer
≈ $8,951≈ £7,364
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- Medium
- Oil · Paintings all oil results →As published: “oil on canvas”
- Support
- Canvas
- Signed / inscribed
- Signed lower left
- Category
- Oil paintings
- Dimensions
- 30 x 26in. (76.20 x 66.04cm)
- Auction house
- Whyte's
- Sale
- Irish & International Art (878)
- Date
- October 2, 2023
- Location
- Dublin, Ireland
- Lot
- 11
- Estimate
- €10,000 – €15,000 (≈ $10,530 – $15,795) (≈ £8,663 – £12,995)
- Source
- Auction house whytes.ie ↗Retrieved Sep 25, 2026
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Provenance trail: auction history of this work
Offered twice between 2019 and 2023 · sold 1 · bought in / unsold 1
Mar 4, 2019 · Whyte's
Irish & International Art 03/19, lot 14
Bought in / unsold · est. €25,000 – €35,000
As catalogued
William Orpen, “LORD GEORGE HELL”
oil on canvas
30 x 26in. (76.20 x 66.04cm)
Oct 2, 2023 · Whyte's this result
Irish & International Art, lot 11
Sold €8,500Sign up to see · est. €10,000 – €15,000
As catalogued
William Orpen, “LORD GEORGE HELL”
oil on canvas
30 x 26in. (76.20 x 66.04cm)
Appearances are linked when the photographs match and the size, medium and title agree (match confidence 91%). 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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