A busy week in prospect for collectors of high-end Irish art

Sales at Whyte’s, de Veres, Adams and Morgan O’Driscoll will offer plenty of choice, writes Des O’Sullivan.

With upcoming Irish art sales at Whyte’s, de Vere’s, Adam’s and Morgan O’Driscoll, discriminating collectors of Irish art will have much to choose from in the run up to Christmas. The series kicks off at Whyte’s sale at the RDS next Monday at 6pm.

This is highlighted by an ethereal le Brocquy work entitled Being (€80,000-100,000). It is from the ‘Presence’ series in a body of work called Human Images. From around the middle of the 1990s to 2005 Louis le Brocquy returned to this earlier preoccupation. Whyte’s will offer a strong selection of art in a catalogue with 161 works now on view at the RDS.