Contrasting works made by Irish artists in Paris in the early years of the 20th century will highlight the auction at de Veres in Dublin on March 7. The catalogue cover is Mainie Jelletts “Composition, Two Elements” from 1925, when Jellett and Evie Hone had embraced the teaching of their tutor Albert Gleizes. It is estimated at 30,000-50,000. Roderic O’Conor’s “Nature Morte – Flowers on a table” (60,000-90,000) was painted 15 years earlier under one of the large windows of his studio near Montparnasse. This is one of two O’Conor’s in the sale. Both are from the artist’s studio sale at Hotel Drouot in Paris in 1956.
The auction offers important works by Paul Henry, Walter Osborne, Louis le Brocquy, Jack Yeats, Gerard Dillon, Hughie O’Donoghue, Tony O’Malley and Sir John Lavery. There are works by artists as diverse as William Leech, Patrick Hennessy, Donald Teskey, Barrie Cooke, Sean McSweeney, Charles Tyrrell, Jill Dennis and Felim Egan in a catalogue that lists 98 lots. The catalogue is online.
UPDATE: THE AUCTION REALISED 550,000
Nature Morte, Flowers on a table by Roderic O’Conor. UPDATE: THIS SOLD FOR 80,000
Composition, Two Elements by Mainie Jellett. UPDATE: THIS SOLD FOR 36,000