Dillon and Reid works lead sale

MASTER works by Gerard Dillon and Nano Reid lead Whyte’s sale of Important Irish Art at the RDS on Monday at 6pm.

Among these is work, (mostly prints), by Andy Warhol, Damien Hirst, Henry Moore, Joan Miro and Banksy from the Taylor Gallery in Belfast, which is in administration. Home with the Catch by Dillon destimated at €60,000-€80,000, it was exhibited in 1947.

Salmon Fishing on the Boyne by Reid dates to the same period and depicts her native Drogheda, which she explored and painted regularly with Dillon. It is estimated at €25,000-€35,000.