Lot 31 · Irish Art, including Property from the Collection of Sir Michael Smurfit
louis le brocquy, h.r.h.a. | travelling woman with newspaper
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- Estimate
- £700,000–£1,000,000 hammer ≈ $903,501–$1,290,715
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Sotheby's — Irish Art, including Property from the Collection of Sir Michael Smurfit, London · 9 September 2020
- Record ID
- TB-2026-4851242
- Record
- first seen 28 Jul 2026 · updated 28 Jul 2026 · source ↗
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Louis Le Brocquy H.r.h.a., louis le brocquy, h.r.h.a. | travelling woman with newspaper. Sotheby's, 9 Sep 2020, lot 31. bought in (did not sell). TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-4851242.
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Louis Le Brocquy H.r.h.a., louis le brocquy, h.r.h.a. | travelling woman with newspaper. Sotheby's, 9 Sep 2020, lot 31. bought in (did not sell). TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-4851242.
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From the same sale Irish Art, including Property from the Collection of Sir Michael Smurfit · Sep 2020
| Lot | Artist | Estimate | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| sir william orpen, r.w.s., n.e.a.c., r.a., r.h.a. | portrait of maste… | Sir William Orpen, R.W.S., N.E.A.C., R.A., R.H.A. | £30,000–£50,000 | |
| jack b. yeats, r.h.a. | houses by the sea | Jack B. Yeats R.h.a. | £50,000–£70,000 | |
| elizabeth magill | clonmany | Elizabeth Magill | £12,000–£18,000 | |
| joy gerrard | protest crowd, london (trump visit protest, trafalgar s… | Joy Gerrard | £2,000–£3,000 | |
| louis le brocquy, h.r.h.a. | allegory | — | £60,000–£80,000 | |
| tony o'malley, r.h.a. | two winter areas, callan and kilkenny | R.h.a. Tony O'malley | £10,000–£15,000 |
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| Artist | Lot | vs. estimate | Result USD, incl. premium | Sale |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Laurence Stephen Lowry R.a. | Senhouse Street, Maryport | $1,149,591 | Christie's, Oct 2024 | |
| Louis Le Brocquy H.r.h.a. | image of samuel beckett (442) | Sotheby's, May 2007 | ||
| Henry Moore | Family Group | Christie's, May 2025 | ||
| Laurence Stephen Lowry R.a. | Head of a Boy | Christie's, Mar 2021 | ||
| Henry Moore | pointed torso | Sotheby's, Jun 2019 | ||
| Laurence Stephen Lowry R.a. | Beach Scene, Lancashire | Sotheby's, Nov 2023 | ||
| Louis Le Brocquy H.r.h.a. | Spanish Shawl, A Study in White | Sotheby's, May 2010 | ||
| Laurence Stephen Lowry R.a. | A Town Square | Sotheby's, Jun 2022 |
The closest sold results by price, artist, and medium — the appraiser's comp set, generated from the corpus. All figures converted to USD at current reference rates.