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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
Auction result
THE BATHERS [STUDY]
William Orpen (British, 1878–1931) · 1900
Unsold / did not meet reserve
Estimate €8,000 – €12,000 (≈ $8,694 – $13,042) (≈ £6,863 – £10,295)
Offered at Whyte's and passed / bought in. Counted in the artist’s sell-through rate; no price, so not in price averages.
Auction history of this work: offered 2 times ↓
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- Medium
- Watercolor · Works on paper all watercolor results →As published: “charcoal, watercolour and gouache”
- Signed / inscribed
- Signed and dated upper right
- Category
- Watercolors
- Dimensions
- 8¾ x 11½in. (22.23 x 29.21cm)
- Auction house
- Whyte's
- Sale
- Important Irish Art (880)
- Date
- December 4, 2023
- Location
- Dublin, Ireland
- Lot
- 6
- Estimate
- €8,000 – €12,000 (≈ $8,694 – $13,042) (≈ £6,863 – £10,295)
- Source
- Auction house whytes.ie ↗Retrieved Sep 25, 2026
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Provenance trail: auction history of this work
Offered twice between 2023 and 2025 · sold 1 · bought in / unsold 1
Dec 4, 2023 · Whyte's this result
Important Irish Art, lot 6
Bought in / unsold · est. €8,000 – €12,000
As catalogued
William Orpen, “THE BATHERS [STUDY]”, 1900
charcoal, watercolour and gouache
8¾ x 11½in. (22.23 x 29.21cm)
Mar 3, 2025 · Whyte's
Important Irish Art, lot 10
Sold €9,000Sign up to see · est. €4,000 – €6,000
As catalogued
William Orpen, “THE BATHERS [STUDY]”, 1900
charcoal, watercolour and gouache
8¾ x 11½in. (22.23 x 29.21cm)
Appearances are linked when the photographs match and the size, medium and title agree (match confidence 100%). 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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