Sean Keating, P.R.H.A. Taking Their Ease

Sean Keating, P.R.H.A
1889 - 1977
Taking Their Ease

signed ceitinn (lower right)
watercolour, gouache and pencil on paper, squared up for transfer
unframed: 72.5 by 101.5 cm.; 28 1/2 by 40 in.
framed: 79.5 by 108.5 cm.; 31 1/4 by 42 3/4 in.
Executed in 1918.

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Sean Keating, P.R.H.A
1889 - 1977
Taking Their Ease

signé ceitinn (en bas à droit)
aquarelle, gouache, crayon sur papier, mis au carré
sans cadre: 72.5 by 101.5 cm.; 28 1/2 by 40 in.
avec cadre: 79.5 by 108.5 cm.; 31 1/4 by 42 3/4 in.
Executed in1918.

Condition Report:
The edges of the sheet are slightly unevenly cut. There is a small nick at the centre of the upper edge. The sheet is loose in the frame. The sheet undulated slightly throughout, in keeping with the artist's working methods and materials. There are two small losses to the thicker pigment in the central passage of the archway. There are some spots of foxing. There are some larger spots of staining to the right third of the work. There are a couple of faint creases to the sheet. There is some slight timestaining to the sheet. The work is in overall very good condition. The work is held behind glass in a simple wooden frame.

Catalogue Note:
We are grateful to Dr Éimear O'Connor for her generous assistance with the cataloguing of this work.

Provenance:
Billy McEnery, Malahide, and thence by descent to the present owner

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Billy McEnery, Malahide, puis par descendance au propriétaire actuel