‘Islands’ featured lot at RDS art auction
The 114-lot sale will be at on view in Skibbereen next Saturday (Sept 6) and on Sunday and Monday week from noon to 5pm on each day.
According to catalogue notes by Niamh O’Sullivan, the Irish art historian: “Collins played a significant part in the radicalisation and internationalisation of Irish art. In many respects, Ireland skipped the evolving ‘isms’ of European and American 20th-century art until the 1960s. This sudden recognition of modernism resulted in a unique form, typified by Collins, a bringing together an art that acknowledges its Celtic past, but is distinctly modern”.
Islands, which was once in the collection of Basil Goulding, is estimated at €17,500-€25,000.
Other lots on offer include Paper Crane by the Beijing based artist Li Wentao (€50,000-€70,000) and Still Life with Flowers by Roderick O’Conor (€12,000-€18,000). There is an exceptional example by Sean McSweeney entitled Bogland (6,000-8,000) and work by many other artists.
Viewing at the RDS gets underway on Saturday September 13.
Viewing times in Dublin are from 11am to 6pm on September 13 and 14 and from 10am to 4pm on the day of the auction.
