Collectors’ Choice: 20th/21st Century Art

September 2530, 2021
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LOT 22

Lot 22

Kenneth Webb (B.1927)

Kenneth Webb (B.1927)
Lot 22 Details
Kenneth Webb (B.1927), Irish

TORY ISLAND OFF N.W. COAST OF DONEGAL, 1960

Oil on canvas; signed "Kenneth Webb" lower left, inscribed title and date 1959 or 1960 in pencil verso
16 ins x 20 ins; 40.6 cms x 50.8 cms

Estimate $1,000-$1,500

Realised: $2,160
Price Includes Buyer's Premium ?

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Kenneth Webb (B.1927)
  • Kenneth Webb (B.1927)
  • Kenneth Webb (B.1927)
  • Kenneth Webb (B.1927)
Provenance:

Private Collection, Ontario

Note:

Born in London in 1927, Kenneth Webb served in the Royal Navy and Fleet Air Arm until they were disbanded in 1948. He studied at the College of Art Gloucester and Cheltenham from 1948-1952. Webb was appointed head of painting at the Ulster College of Art in Belfast from 1953-1960, the timeframe in which this work was likely executed. Webb founded the Irish School of Landscape Painting in 1957.

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