The Great Fight by Michael Farrell at de Veres in Dublin on December 8. (click to enlarge) UPDATE: IT MADE 14,000
More than 140 lots of Irish art will come under the hammer
Composition in Red, Black and Lime Green is the title of this c1952 gouache by William Scott at de Veres on December 8. UPDATE: IT WAS UNSOLD. (click to enlarge).
at de Veres in Dublin on December 8. Most are fresh to the market and realistically priced.
The auction features two works by Michael Farrell (1944-2000). “The Great Fight”, shows American heavyweight Jack Dempsey being knocked out of the ring in the 1923 world title fight and is estimated at 8,000-12,000.
The William Scott in this sale, Composition in Red, Black and Lime Green, dates from 1952 and carries a similar estimate. The sale features five works by Dan O’Neill from a Dublin collection and a selection of good works by Markey Robinson. Among other artists on offer are Basil Blackshaw, Peter Curling, Gerard Dillon, Evie Hone, Tony O’Malley, Colin Middleton and Hughie O’Donoghue.
The sale is at the D4 Berkeley Hotel on Wednesday, December 8 at 6 p.m.
UPDATE: About 60 per cent of lots were sold in an auction which realised around 325,000. The top lot was Fishermen’s Wives by Dan O’Neill. It made 28,000. A second O’Neill, entitled “And yet another” made 15,500. Evie Hone’s Abstract Composition sold for 11,500 and Yellow Head by Basil Blackshaw made 10,500.Early in Summer by Nano Reid sold for 4,000 as did Tony O’Malley’s Two Trout on a Newspaper. Village in the West of Ireland by Gerard Dillon made 6,200, a silkscreen print by William Scott entitled A Girl Surveyed made 2,000 and most of the Markey Robinsons in the auction sold for figures within their estimates.