Sotheby’s Irish art sale expects to make €1.15m

The 33 works of Irish art on offer at Sotheby’s in London on May 22 should generate more than €1.15 million.

The top Irish lot is William Orpen’s portrait of Mrs Oscar Lewishon, illustrated on these pages last week, which is estimated at up to £180,000. William Scott’s Quiet Ochre painted in 1973 makes its first appearance on the auction market estimated at £100,000-€150,000.