Harry Kernoff
The son of Jewish parents of mixed Russian and Spanish descent, Kernoff was born in London but moved to Dublin at an early age when his father opted to begin a cabinet-making business there. Kernoffs artistic training began with night classes at the Dublin Metropolitan School of Art. Upon winning the prestigious Taylor Scholarship in 1923, he became a day student and henceforth devoted all his energies to art, working also for a time on designing stage sets in the company of actors such as Mνcheαl MacLνammσir and Hilton Edwards. Some time after this he visited Paris, staying for a month painting and sketching. In 1926 Kernoff began exhibiting at the RHA, continuing to do so nearly every year for the next five decades. He joined the Dublin Society of Painters in 1927 and held many solo exhibitions at their studio in no. 7 St. Stephens Green. He also had two solo exhibitions with the Victor Waddington Galleries in 1936 and 1937 and numerous shows abroad in London, Glasgow, Paris, Amsterdam, New York, Chicago and Toronto. In 1930 he visited Russia and later published on article on his experiences there prior to the Stalinist regime. At home, from his Dublin studio at no. 13 Stamer Street, Kernoff supported himself largely through selling woodcuts; three books of these were published, the first in 1942. He also contributed to other publications such as James Stephens Crock of Gold and A Broadside (Cuala Press) among others. His depictions of working-class Dublin and smaller towns across the country are much sought after by collectors, as are his portraits of Irelands leading literary and theatrical figures, some of which now hang in the Dublin Writers Museum among other public collections.
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'PORTRAIT OF A MAN, 1957'
- Price Realised: 750
- Sale: 14 June 2021
- pastel
- 14Ύ x 11in. (37.47 x 27.94cm)
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'PORTRAIT OF AER LINGUS PILOT, CAPTAIN JOHN TWEDDLE, 1960'
- Price Realised: 750
- Sale: 04 March 2019
- pastel
- 13½ x 10in. (34.29 x 25.40cm)
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'CENTRIFUGAL KALEIDOSCOPE and FLOATING CUBES, 1960 (A PAIR)'
- Price Realised: 750
- Sale: 09 July 2018
- oil on card; (2)
- 9Ό x 6Ύin. (23½ x 17.15cm)
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'CLERIC'
- Price Realised: 750
- Sale: 25 November 2013
- oil on board
- 8 by 6in., 20 by 15cm.
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'PORTRAIT OF MS. WALSH, 1929'
- Price Realised: 750
- Sale: 14 March 2011
- charcoal heightened in white with oil pastel
- 33 by 24cm., 13 by 9.5in.
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'A COLLECTION OF KERNOFF EPHEMERA'
- Price Realised: 680
- Sale: 12 March 2012
- books; (6); photographs; (8); negative; (1); exhibition catalogues; (2); calendars; (4); miscellaneous; (6)
- 0 by 0cm., by in.
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'MAYO COLLEEN'
- Price Realised: 650
- Sale: 09 December 2006
- woodcut print
- 17 by 13cm., 6.75 by 5in.
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'FIVE ASSORTED PRINTS'
- Price Realised: 650
- Sale: 21 September 2004
- 2 woodcuts; 1 lithograph; 2 lithographs pasted to board
- 0 by 0cm., by in.
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'CELTIC WARRIOR'
- Price Realised: 640
- Sale: 23 October 2023
- watercolour and pencil on paper
- 5 x 3Ύin. (12.70 x 9.53cm)
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'WOODCUTS, 1942'
- Price Realised: 640
- Sale: 25 July 2022
- limited edition book; (no. 60 from an edition of 220)
- 10Ύ x 8½in. (27.31 x 21.59cm)
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'IN A PARLOUR SNUG'
- Price Realised: 630
- Sale: 15 December 2007
- woodcut
- 12 by 17cm., 4.75 by 6.75in.
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'PORTRAIT OF MISS SIOBHΑN TAYLOR, 1966'
- Price Realised: 620
- Sale: 05 October 2020
- pastel
- 15Ύ x 11½in. (40.01 x 29.21cm)
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'WOODCUTS, 1942'
- Price Realised: 620
- Sale: 09 July 2018
- limited edition book; (no. 49 from an edition of 220)
- 10.80 x 8½in. (27.43 x 21.59cm)
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'THE RABBI, 1959'
- Price Realised: 600
- Sale: 05 October 2020
- charcoal and ink with collage element
- 10 x 9Ύin. (25.40 x 24.77cm)
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'COLLECTION OF 9 WOODCUTS and A LIMITED EDITION BOOK'
- Price Realised: 600
- Sale: 12 March 2012
- limited edition book (no. 85 from an edition of 300, lacks 8 plates); (1); woodcuts; (framed); (1); (unframed); (8)
- 17.78 by 15.24cm., 7 by 6in.
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'A DARK HORSE AND FIVE OTHER ASSORTED PRINTS'
- Price Realised: 600
- Sale: 15 December 2007
- woodcut prints, loose in folder (6)
- 9 by 13cm., 3.5 by 5.25in.
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'PORTRAIT OF MARTIN MURPHY, 1930'
- Price Realised: 580
- Sale: 10 July 2023
- pastel
- 19½ x 15½in. (49.53 x 39.37cm)
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'BYZANTINE MADONNA, 1964'
- Price Realised: 560
- Sale: 13 December 2021
- woodcut
- 4Ύ x 3½in. (12.07 x 8.89cm)
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'THIRTY-SIX WOODCUTS, 1951'
- Price Realised: 540
- Sale: 10 July 2023
- limited edition book; (no. 74 from an edition of 400)
- 10½ x 9in. (26.67 x 22.86cm)
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'ST. MICHAEL'S HILL, WINETAVERN ST., DUBLIN, 1940, DARBY & JOAN and A BIRD NEVER FLEW ON ONE WING'
- Price Realised: 520
- Sale: 30 May 2016
- woodcuts; (2); colour print; (1)
- 8½ x 9½in. (21.59 x 24.13cm)
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'THIRTY-SIX WOODCUTS, 1951'
- Price Realised: 500
- Sale: 01 March 2021
- limited edition book; (no. 22 from an edition of 400)
- 10Ό x 8in. (26.04 x 20.32cm)
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'COLLECTION OF HANDMADE CALENDARS AND JEWISH NEW YEAR CARDS'
- Price Realised: 500
- Sale: 09 July 2018
- calendars; (12); woodcuts; (12); (all unframed)
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'PORTRAIT OF A MAN, 1957'
- Price Realised: 500
- Sale: 09 July 2018
- pastel
- 14Ύ x 11in. (37.47 x 27.94cm)
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'JAMES CONNOLLY AND THE CITIZEN-ARMY, DUBLIN and LEPRECHAUN (A PAIR)'
- Price Realised: 500
- Sale: 15 December 2007
- woodcut prints (2)
- 13 by 9cm., 5 by 3.5in.
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'JAMES CONNOLLY AT LIBERTY HALL, DUBLIN'
- Price Realised: 500
- Sale: 15 December 2007
- woodcut
- 37 by 27cm., 14.5 by 10.7 5in.
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'PORTRAIT OF W.B.YEATS'
- Price Realised: 500
- Sale: 10 December 2005
- woodcut print
- 20 by 13cm., 7.75 by 5.25in.
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'12 WOODCUTS'
- Price Realised: 480
- Sale: 24 February 2014
- limited edition book; (no. 35 from an edition of 300)
- 11.5 by 9in., 28.75 by 22.5cm.
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'COUNTRY BOY, 1929'
- Price Realised: 450
- Sale: 30 September 2013
- pastel
- 14.75 by 11in., 36.875 by 27.5cm.