Lavery's portrait of Lady Gwendoline Churchill (click to enlarge) UPDATE: IT MADE £121,250
Sotheby’s 17th annual Irish sale in London on March 29 brings together quality Irish artworks from all corners of the globe. It features art from a range of dates and stylistic movements and focuses attention on the richness of Ireland’s longstanding artistic output.
Paysage by Roderic O'Conor at Sotheby's. (click on image to enlarge) UPDATE: IT MADE £337,250
Sir John Lavery’s portrait of Lady Gwendoline Churchill (estimated at £100,000-£150,000) has come from a private UK collection, where it has been for several generations. It depicts the sister in law of Winston Churchill.
Paysage by Roderic O’Conor is estimated at £120,00-£180,000. It has re-surfaced from an American private collection and Sotheby’s say it is one of his most accomplished Fauvist landscapes to appear at auction.
Other highlights include work by Basil Blackshaw, Colin Middleton, Sean Scully, William Scott and Louis le Brocquy.