Henry’s cottages end notion that Ireland is losing its attractions
SUSPICION that the market for Irish pictures, at least on this side of the Irish Sea, might be in a softer state than it was three or four years ago, were dramatically dispelled at the Guildford rooms of Clarke Gammon Weller (15% buyer’s premium) on September 7 when a rather late, but completely fresh-to-market, canvas by Paul Henry (1876-1958) was offered.
The painting of cottages on the West coast of Ireland soared to £24,000 against an estimate of £8000…