A celebration of Irish and international art at sales in Dublin
Dunquin Pier, Kerry by Sean O'Sullivan (1906-1964) at Whyte's.
Art by Louis le Brocquy, Paul Henry and Roderic O'Conor will lead Whyte's sale of Irish and international art in Dublin next Monday evening (September 29). A total of 152 lots valued at over €1.2 million will come under the hammer. The catalogue cover lot is le Brocquy's Image of Samuel Beckett from 1980 (€100,000-€150,000). In Connemara by Paul Henry has an estimate of €90,000-€120,000) and a self portrait by Roderic O'Conor has an estimate of €60,000-€80,000.
Abstract Composition by Mainie Jellett is estimated at €18,000-€22,000 and a watercolour with ink from le Brocquy's Tinker series, Tinker Children at a Fair (1946) is estimated at €15,000-€20,000. Artists featured include Percy French, Rose Barton, Gerard Dillon, Dan O'Neill, Pauline Bewick, Rowan Gillespie, John Behan and Liam O'Neill. Viewing at Whytes continues over the weekend and until 4 pm on Monday and the live and online auction is a Freemason's Hall on Molesworth St.
Mother and Baby Achill by Lillian Lucy Davidson and Dublin Bay by Norah McGuinness are the top lots at the de Veres sale which runs until next Tuesday (September 30). Each is estimated at €7,000-€10,000. A total of 230 lots will come under the hammer by artists including Martin Gale, Frank McKelvey, Barbara Warren, Kenneth Webb, Kitty Wilmer O'Brien, Mark O'Neill and many more. Brown and White Cob by Basil Blackshaw (€12,000-€18,000) and Fire, from The Elements by Damien Hirst H6 (€8,000-€12,000) are the top lots at Gormley's auction at Francis St. in Dublin at 7.30 pm next Tuesday. Catalogues for all these sales are online.
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