Jack B. Yeats (1871-1957) – Singing Under the Canopy of Heaven (90,000-120,000) UPDATE: THIS SOLD FOR 85,000
A striking oil by Jack B. Yeats entitled Singing Under the Canopy of Heaven is among the many highlights at Whyte’s sale of Irish and international art sale at the RDS in Dublin on September 26. The work, which dates from 1950, is estimated at 90,000-120,000. It is one of a number of late Yeats paintings which focusses on strolling players and performers in the Irish countryside. There are from the McClelland Collection in this auction but the Yeats is not one of them. The catalogue lists 180 lots. Here is a small selection.
(See posts on antiquesandartireland.com for September 6 and August 25, 2016)
Tony O’Malley HRHA (1913-2003) THE NIGHT PAINTER, 1981 – (12,000-15,000) UPDATE: THIS MADE 14,000
Dame Lucie Rie (1902-1995) PORCELAIN BOTTLE, c.1960 (10,000-15,000) UPDATE: THIS MADE 20,000 AT HAMMER
Jean Lurçat (French, 1892-1966) LE TAURERGOT, 1949 (4,000-6,000) UPDATE: THIS SOLD FOR 9,000
Daniel O’Neill (1920-1974) Figure in a Landscape (30,000-40,000) UPDATE: THIS MADE 45,000 AT HAMMER