€1,350
Star Lot: Wendy Walsh (1915-2014) A beautifully intricate water colour on paper painting. Features a botanical study of Gentiana Asclepiadea / Willow Gentian. Rendered in highly skilled delicate brushstrokes. Walsh's work can be seen in the National Gallery of Ireland. Signed bottom right and dated to 2001. With original price sticker of €1500 to verso. Housed in a contemporary wooden frame behind glass.
Wendy Walsh was Ireland’s most prominent 20th-century botanical artist. Wendy's Walsh's remarkable career as a botanical artist, culminating in An Irish Florilegium Volume 1 (1983) & Volume 2 (1988), all 96 original watercolour plates of which are kept in the Botanic Garden library, began after settling in Ireland in 1958.
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