Interior of a Cafe by William John Leech at James Adam. UPDATE: THIS MADE 200,000.
An outstanding interior by William John Leech is one of the highlights at the sale of important Irish art at James Adam in Dublin on May 30. ‘Interior of a Café’ (1908) estimated at €200,000-400,000 is one of 60 works from the auction on view at the Ava Gallery, Clandeboye from May 9-May 18. It was included ‘The Irish Impressionists’ exhibition at the National Gallery of Ireland in 1984 and was last seen in public at the 1996 Leech retrospective, again at the National Gallery.
A 1950 work by Jack B. Yeats entitled “Good Evening Men” is estimated at 200,000-300,000. Among the works by Louis le Brocquy in the auction is a tapestry entitled ‘Cherub’ (1951) contained in a 19th century Biedermeier burr walnut fire screen and estimated at 10,000 – 15,000.
Good evening men by Jack B. Yeats. UPDATE: THIS MADE 180,000.
Cherub, a tapestry by Louis le Brocquy in a Biedermeier firescreen. UPDATE: THIS MADE 8,500