Yeats, Henry, Osborne works feature in important Irish sales

Des O’Sullivan reports on a major sale of Irish art which includes a widely exhibited painting by Jack Yeats.

A widely exhibited Yeats’ painting from 1948 — Sleep by Falling Water - heads the James Adam sale of Important Irish Art in Dublin next Wednesday at 6 pm. It is estimated at €120,000-€180,000. Prime offerings among the 165 lots are by Yeats, Paul Henry and Walter Osborne.

The catalogue cover is a dramatic composition by Paul Henry, Early Morning in Donegal (€70,000-€120,000) featuring a bent, bare, windswept tree against a lake and mountain backdrop. Walter Osborne’s 1899 Portrait of Mrs Meade has an estimate of €80,000-€120,000.