The Black Cap
William ORPEN
(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
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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).