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
Auction result
ON THE CLIFF (HOWTH, COUNTY DUBLIN)
William Orpen (British, 1878–1931) · 1913
€13,000 hammer
≈ $14,330≈ £11,078
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- Medium
- Watercolor · Works on paper all watercolor results →As published: “pencil and watercolour”
- Signed / inscribed
- Signed and dated lower right; with Pyms Gallery label on reverse
- Category
- Watercolors
- Dimensions
- 21 x 29¼in. (53.34 x 74.30cm)
- Auction house
- Whyte's
- Sale
- Irish & International Art (846)
- Date
- December 2, 2019
- Location
- Dublin, Ireland
- Lot
- 17
- Estimate
- €15,000 – €20,000 (≈ $16,535 – $22,046) (≈ £12,783 – £17,044)
- Source
- Auction house whytes.ie ↗Retrieved Sep 25, 2026
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Provenance trail: auction history of this work
Offered twice in 2019 · sold 1 · bought in / unsold 1
May 27, 2019 · Whyte's
Important Irish Art, lot 27
Bought in / unsold · est. €20,000 – €30,000
As catalogued
William Orpen, “ON THE CLIFF (HOWTH, COUNTY DUBLIN)”, 1913
pencil and watercolour
21 x 29¼in. (53.34 x 74.30cm)
Dec 2, 2019 · Whyte's this result
Irish & International Art, lot 17
Sold €13,000Sign up to see · est. €15,000 – €20,000
As catalogued
William Orpen, “ON THE CLIFF (HOWTH, COUNTY DUBLIN)”, 1913
pencil and watercolour
21 x 29¼in. (53.34 x 74.30cm)
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