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    PAUL HENRY MAKES THE TOP PRICE AT WHYTE’S IRISH ART SALE

    Monday, March 11th, 2024
    PAUL HENRY RHA (1876-1958) – COTTAGES BY A LAKE, ACHILL, CONNEMARA MADE 220,000 AT HAMMER

    Paul Henry’s Cottages by a Lake, Achill, Connemara was the top lot at Whyte’s sale of Important Irish Art in Dublin this evening. It made a hammer price of €220,000. Jug and Pear 1983 by William Scott made €120,000 at hammer, Waves at Bowmore, Rosses Point 1936 by Jack B Yeats made 85,000 and The Last General Absolution of the Munsters at Rue du Bois by Fortunino Matania made 61,000. Among the other leading prices A Professional Man by Jack B Yeats made 34,000, Little Waves, Achill by Grace Henry made 30,000, Tide Coming In, Ballycastle, Co. Mayo made 28,000, Fair Day, Roundstone 1959 by Frank McKelvey made 26,000, Autumn Coastline by Donald Teskey made 18,000, Sunshower by Dan O’Neill made 18,000, Wild Cherry by Norah McGuinness made 14,000, Like a Dream by Barbara Warren made 12,500, Beyond the Bog by Patrick Collins made 11,500, Captive Man of ’83 from 1983 by Rowan Gillespie made 11,500, Surface, 1995 by Linda Brunker made 9,500 and a Facsimile of the Book of Kells made 18,000.

    In the catalogue note to Barbara Warren’s Like a Dream estimated at €4,000-€6,000 (pictured below) Adelle Hughes of Whyte’s pointed out that the work feels distinctly Modern and European yet the feeling it inspires also sits comfortably within the traditional West of Ireland scene.  Warren’s death at the age of 91 in 2017 marked the end of a living connection to a generation of pioneering Irish female artists like Mainie Jellett, Evie Hone, May Guinness, Norah McGuinness and Elizabeth Rivers who, like Warren, studied in Paris with Andre Lhote.

    UPDATE: THE AUCTION REALISED 1.2 MILLION

    BARBARA WARREN – LIKE A DREAM MADE 12,500 AT HAMMER

    A SUNSHOWER BY DAN O’NEILL AT WHYTE’S

    Friday, March 8th, 2024
    DANIEL O’NEILL (1920-1974) – SUNSHOWER. UPDATE: THIS MADE 18,000 AT HAMMER

    Sunshower by Dan O’Neill comes up as lot 53 at Whyte’s sale of Important Irish Art on March 11 with an estimate of 20,000-30,000. The auction is on view at Molesworth St. in Dublin on today, tomorrow. Sunday and Monday. On Monday evening there will be a live auction room sale at Freemason’s Hall, Molesworth St. from 6 pm with room, internet, absentee and telephone bidding for 150 lots. There are significant works by Paul Henry, Jack B Yeats, Harry Kernoff, Nano Reid, William Scott, Norah McGuinness, Lilian Lucy Davidson and many more. The catalogue is online.

    ART FOR GAZA TIMED SALE AT WHYTE’S ENDS AT 5 PM TODAY

    Saturday, March 2nd, 2024
    DOROTHY CROSS (B.1956) – BIRD IN HAND. UPDATE: THIS SOLD FOR 8,000

    This bronze by Dorothy Cross entitled Bird in Hand, number 1 from an edition of 3, comes up at Whyte’s Art for Gaza timed online sale which gets underway today at 5 pm. There is no buyer’s commission and all proceeds go to Medicins Sans Frontieres working on the ground in Gaza. The art has been donated by Irish artists and the sale includes pieces by President Michael D. Higgins, Sean Scully, Mick Mulcahy, Charlie Tyrell, Brian Henderson, Alice Hanratty, Guggi, Tim Booth, Dorothy Cross, Brian Bourke, Jay Murphy, James English, Domino Whisker, John Behan, Brian Maguire, Suzy O’Mullane, Maria Simmonds Gooding, Abigail O’Brien, Michael Kane, Constance Short, Michele Sweetman, Brona Anderson, Shane MacGowan, Annette McNamee, Jim Fitzpatrick, Rowan Gillespie, Roisin Murphy, Orla de Brí, John Noel Smith, Shevaun Doherty, Eric Luke, Pauline Bewick, John Gerrard and the UK’s Michael Landy and Michael Stipe. Bird in Hand is estimated at 8,000-10,000.

    UPDATE: The sale raised over €168,000. Every single lot sold. The entire proceeds of the auction, without deduction of costs, will go to Médecins Sans Frontières, Doctors Without Borders who are working on the ground in Gaza.

    A SCORCHING MCGUINNESS AT WHYTE’S

    Wednesday, January 10th, 2024
    Norah McGuinness – WILD CHERRY, 1961

    Wild Cherry by Norah McGuinnes will feature at Whyte’s sale of Important Irish Art in Dublin on March 11.  Already consigned are notable works by Jack Yeats, Daniel O’Neill, Harry Kernoff, Grace Henry, George Campbell, Lilian Davidson and others. The auction house is still seeking consignments for this sale.

    THE MOST EXPENSIVE PAINTING SOLD IN IRELAND IN 2023

    Thursday, January 4th, 2024
    SEAN SCULLY (B.1945) – Raval Rojo (2004)

    The most expensive painting sold in Ireland in 2023 was Sean Scully’s Raval Rojo. It made a hammer price of €580,000 at Morgan O’Driscoll’s Irish and International online art sale last April. At Whyte’s total sales were just under €6 million, there was a new world record for a work on paper by Harry Clarke at James Adam and in 2023 Bonhams recorded the best every turnover in their 230 year history. Sotheby’s continued their Irish sales in Paris, along with London and Christie’s reported projected global sales for art and luxury goods in 2023 of €5.8 billion and say their is a promising pipeline of consignments already in motion for 2024.

    As we leave 2023 behind there is every reason to be optimistic about the coming year in the art, luxury and collectible end of things. At Christie’s last year there was a strong influx of new buyers (35%) and a growing participation of Millennials and Generation Z. Much of this is driven by popular culture. Think Freddie Mercury at Sotheby’s and Lady Diana’s dress at Julien’s.

    Whyte’s achieved the highest prices in Ireland in 2023 for Jack Yeats (€290,00), Sir John Lavery (€230,000) and Paul Henry (€155,000) – excluding buyers’ premium and VAT. A Seán Keating painting, The Goose Girl, made €62,000 in December. Adams sold over €500,000 worth of paintings by Paul Henry and Harry Clarke’s The Colloquy of Monos and Una, a 1923 illustration for Edgar Allen Poe’s Tales of Mystery and Imagination, made a record €70,000 and joined the collection of the Crawford Gallery in Cork, where it is now on display.

    CHRISTMAS ART ONLINE AUCTION AT WHYTE’S

    Tuesday, December 12th, 2023
    MARKEY ROBINSON (1918-1999) – SHAWLIE ON A ROAD INTO A VILLAGE. UPDATE: THIS MADE 3,200 AT HAMMER

    This oil on board by Markey Robinson comes up as lot 6 at Whyte’s Christmas sale of art and collectibles which ends from 6 pm on December 13. The estimate is €1,500-€2,000. With everything from Bealtes lithographs by Andy Warhol to Sheep by Graham Knuttel he work of a broad range of artists at affordable estimates is available. The timed online auction offers art, books, silver, wines and spirits.

    ONLINE CHRISTMAS SALE AT WHYTE’S IS NOW LIVE

    Wednesday, December 6th, 2023
    MARY SWANZY HRHA (1882-1978) – BOAT IN THE BAY. UPDATE: THIS WAS UNSOLD

    Boat in the Bay, a creation in coloured pencils by Mary Swanzy, comes up as lot 116 at Whyte’s Christmas online art auction which runs until the evening of December 13. It is estimated at €600-€800. The sale is one view at Whyte’s on Molesworth St. from December 9 and the catalogue is online. There is a wide ranging selection of artists from Elizabeth Cope and Markey Robinson, Cecil Maguire and Kenneth Webb to Mabel Young and Moyra Barry, to Roderic O’Conor, Sarah Purser, Sir William Orpen, Jack B. Yeats, Beatrice Elvery (Lady Glenavy) and Mary Cottenham Yeats among more than 300 lots on offer.

    SOME GREAT RESULTS FROM WHYTE’S IRISH ART SALE

    Monday, December 4th, 2023
    SIR JOHN LAVERY RA RSA RHA (1856-1941) – SWITZERLAND [HAZEL AND ALICE], 1913 SOLD FOR €230,000 AT HAMMER

    Switzerland, Hazel and Alice by Sir John Lavery made a hammer price of €230,000 over a top estimate of €220,000 at Whyte’s sale of Important Irish Art in Dublin this evening. Dooega, Achill Island, Co. Mayo by Paul Henry made €155,000 on the hammer. London Hospital, 1914 by Lavery made €64,000, The Goose Girl by Sean Keating made €62,000 over a top estimate of €35,000, On the Beach by Gerard Dillon made €34,000 over a top estimate of €30,000, Abstract Composition c1929 by Mainie Jellett made €27,000 over a top estimate of €15,000, The Desert Charge by Aloyosius O’Kelly made €16,000 at hammer over a top estimate of €15,000, a 19th century Irish school painting of The Ruins of the Royal Arcade, Dublin made €12,000 over a top estimate of €8,000, Wicklow Mountains by Peter Collis made €7,000 over a top estimate of €5,000, Coming Home by Mark O’Neill made €8,500 over a top estimate of €8,000, The Club by Graham Knuttel made €9,000 over a top estimate of €7,000, Aquainted with Grief by Leo Whelan made €4,600 over a top estimate of €2,000 and Tonight we Dance by William Conor made €5,200 over a top estimate of €2,000.

    SEÁN KEATING PRHA HRA HRSA (1889-1977) – THE GOOSE GIRL, 1917 made €62,000 at hammer.

    SCORCHING TREE STUDY BY HONE AT WHYTE’S

    Friday, December 1st, 2023
    NATHANIEL HONE RHA (1831-1917) – STUDY: TREE IN COURTYARD. UPDATE: THIS MADE 3,800 AT HAMMER

    The December art selling season kicks off at Whyte’s evening sale of Important Irish Art on December 4, now on view in Dublin. This surprisingly modern looking scorching study of a tree in a courtyard by Nathaniel Hone, who died in his eighties in 1917, is undated but in excellent condition. It was exhibited at the Gorry Gallery exhibition on Hone in 2002. The oil on board is estimated at €4,000-€6,000. Artists in the auction include John Lavery, Paul Henry, William Orpen, Letitia Hamilton, William Leech, George Russell, Seán Keating, Mary Swanzy, Mainie Jellett, Gerard Dillon, George Campbell, Louis le Brocquy, Patrick Scott, Pauline Bewick, Tony O’Malley and Rowan Gillespie. The catalogue is online.

    IMPORTANT IRISH ART SALES AT WHYTE’S AND ADAMS

    Monday, November 27th, 2023
    Switzerland (Hazel and Alice) by Sir John Lavery at Whyte’s. UPDATE: THIS MADE 230,000 AT HAMMER

    Art by Lavery, Yeats, Paul Henry and Sean Keating will lead upcoming sales of Irish art at Whytes on December 4 and James Adam on December 6.  Lavery’s Switzerland (Hazel and Alice) at Whyte’s is estimated at €180,000-€220,000.  The top lot at Adams is The Captain by Yeats with an estimate of €100,000-€150,000 .Given the Lavery exhibition now on at the National Gallery in Dublin the auction of a major Lavery is timely. The catalogue cover lot was painted in Wengen, Switzerland early in 1913 at a time of intense painterly activity for the artist. The tranquility of the work belies the fact that In 1913 the world was on the brink of war. In sharp contrast is Lavery’s London Hospital, 1914 (€60,000-€80,000) at Whyte’s, which depicts early casualties of the First World War. After that one people fantasised about it being the war to end all wars.

    Aran Harbour by Sean Keating at Adams. UPDATE: THIS MADE 75,000 AT HAMMER

    A deceptively idyllic 1940’s painting of Aran Harbour by Sean Keating (€80,000-€100,000) at Adams is in fact an antidote to the horrors of the Second World War then raging. It shows two women, one looking out to sea, the other peering at the viewer, with a focus on peace and quiet in a world yet again gone mad. Plus ca change.Sea captains feature in many Yeats paintings. The Captain at Adams dates to 1948 and harks back to his youth on the quays in Sligo where his grandfather had a shipping business. 
    There are rich pickings for collectors available at each sale.  A painting of Dooega, Achill Island by Paul Henry at Whyte’s is estimated at €150,000-€200,000. Among 133 works on the catalogue at Whyte’s is a wide ranging selection from Mary Swanzy to Rita Duffy, Gerard Dillon to Felim Egan and sculptors John Behan to Michael Warren.  Notable works by Aloysius O’Kelly, William Leech, Tony O’Malley, Patrick Scott and Pauline Bewick sit alongside small collections by Nathaniel Hone,  Letitia Hamilton and Patrick Hennessy.  The selection includes auction favourites like Arthur Maderson, Kenneth Webb, Mark O’Neill, Graham Knuttel and Markey Robinson.

    Black and Green Scarecrow, Maidstone Bridge by John Shinnors at Adams. UPDATE: THIS MADE 14,000 AT HAMMER

    Top lots at Adams include three classical Paul Henry paintings Near Leenane (1935-38) (€80,000-€120,000), Keem Bay (c1911) (€60,000-€80,000) and Paysage Sinistre (1914-15) (€50,000-€70,000).  The sale features many of Ireland’s finest 19th and 20th century artists including three works on paper by Harry Clarke at a time when there is talk of a Dublin museum dedicated to the artist.The Modernist School is represented with works by Edward McGuire, Patrick Hennessy, Colin Middleton, John Doherty, John Shinnors, Basil Blackshaw and Dan O’Neill. A 19th century painting by James Arthur O’Connor, Clearing in the forest with figures (€30,000-€40,000), was recently discovered in a French private collection.