The Black Cap

The Black Cap
The Black Cap
(Irish, 1878-1931)

The Black Cap

Date1928
Mediumoil on canvas
Dimensionsoverall: 34 3/4 x 40 1/2 in. (88.3 x 102.9 cm) frame: 39 1/2 × 45 3/8 × 2 3/4 in. (100.3 × 115.3 × 7 cm)
ClassificationPAINTINGS
Credit LineSBMA, Gift of Robert Straus Estate
Object number2006.44
Subject(s)
  • figure
  • interiors
  • men
  • narrative
Collection
  • 20th century European
  • European
Sub-Collection(s)
  • Irish
On View
Not on view
Label TextOrpen had a lifelong fascination with the theatre, delighting in expressing in paint the ambiguity between reality and make-believe. At the Slade in 1899, he painted his early masterpiece The Play Scene from Hamlet (Private Collection) and, the following year, inspired by Ibsen, The Doll's House (Tate Gallery, London).
Study for "The Black Cap"
William ORPEN
ca. 1927
Study for "The Black Cap"
William ORPEN
ca. 1927
Study for "The Black Cap"
William ORPEN
ca. 1927
Study for "The Black Cap"
William ORPEN
ca. 1927
Study for "The Black Cap"
William ORPEN
ca. 1927
Study for "The Black Cap"
William ORPEN
ca. 1927
Study for "The Black Cap"
William ORPEN
ca. 1927
Miss Dorothy Stiles
William ORPEN
1916
The Scream for E.M.
William T. WILEY
1984
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