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 RETURN
William Orpen (British, 1878–1931)
Unsold / did not meet reserve
Estimate €1,500 – €2,000 (≈ $1,862 – $2,482) (≈ £1,187 – £1,583)
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
- Drawing (ink) · Works on paper all drawing results →As published: “ink”
- Signed / inscribed
- inscribed with title lower right
- Category
- Drawings
- Dimensions
- 10 x 7in. (25.40 x 17.78cm)
- Auction house
- Whyte's
- Sale
- Important Irish Art (796)
- Date
- November 24, 2014
- Location
- Dublin, Ireland
- Lot
- 24
- Estimate
- €1,500 – €2,000 (≈ $1,862 – $2,482) (≈ £1,187 – £1,583)
- Source
- Auction house whytes.ie ↗Retrieved Sep 25, 2026
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Provenance trail: auction history of this work
Offered twice between 2014 and 2015 · sold 1 · bought in / unsold 1
Nov 24, 2014 · Whyte's this result
Important Irish Art, lot 24
Bought in / unsold · est. €1,500 – €2,000
As catalogued
William Orpen, “THE RETURN”
ink
10 x 7in. (25.40 x 17.78cm)
May 25, 2015 · Whyte's
IMPORTANT IRISH ART, lot 27
Sold €1,600Sign up to see · est. €1,000 – €1,500
As catalogued
William Orpen, “THE RETURN”
ink
10 x 7in. (25.40 x 17.78cm)
Appearances are linked when the photographs match and the size, medium and title agree (match confidence 89%). 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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