Tycoon Ben Dunne selling art collection featuring high-profile Lavery painting

The collection includes works by Irish artists such as Jack B Yeats, John Lavery, Roderic O’Conor, Mary Swanzy and Walter Osborne, some valued at up to 1 million euro

Former supermarket tycoon Ben Dunne and his wife Mary are selling part of their personal art collection in an exhibition set to generate millions in sales.

The Mary and Ben Dunne Collection, featuring 39 paintings, will be displayed at Gormleys in Dublin from September 8-22, before moving to Belfast for two weeks.