Lucian Freud and Brendan Behan, Dublin 1952 (click to enlarge) UPDATE: THIS MADE 850
Bill Brandt's 1947 image of the northern quays, Dublin. (click to enlarge) UPDATE: THIS WAS UNSOLD
Three centuries of period furniture, fine art, garden statuary, seating and planters feature at Sheppards three day sale of outstanding interiors and exteriors on May 10, 11 and 12 at Durrow, Co. Laois.
The sale on Thursday, May 12 is of 300 lots of Asian art.
Photographic rarities on offer include this image by Daniel Farson of the artist Lucian Freud and the writer Brendan Behan in front of the Mansion House in Dublin. Dated August 1952 the print is signed and stamped. It is estimated at 800-1,200.
The second image is of the northern quays, Dublin circa 1947. The silver gelatin print is a view from the Ha’penny Bridge extending west towards the Four Courts. It is estimated at 1,200-1,600.
It is one of two Dublin photographs taken by Bill Brandt in Dublin on offer at Sheppards on May 10. Brandt’s work is to be found in museums like the Victoria and Albert in London, MoMA in New York and the Bibliotheque Nationale de Paris. The second image by Brandt is of the now deconsecrated St. George’s Church at Hardwicke Place designed by Francis Johnson. Johnson donated the bells of St. George’s which are heard chiming by Leopold Bloom in James Joyce’s Ulysses.