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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
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THE BATHERS [STUDY]
William Orpen (British, 1878–1931) · 1900
€9,000 hammer
≈ $9,419≈ £7,428
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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 (893)
- Date
- March 3, 2025
- Location
- Dublin, Ireland
- Lot
- 10
- Estimate
- €4,000 – €6,000 (≈ $4,186 – $6,279) (≈ £3,301 – £4,952)
- 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
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 this result
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)
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