Walter Osborne. Feeding the Chickens. UPDATE: THIS LOT FAILED TO REACH ITS RESERVE AND WAS UNSOLD.
A masterwork by Walter Osborne will come under the hammer at Bonhams in London on July 11. Feeding the chickens (1884-85), estimated at £500,000-700,000, was displayed in Dublin last February to mark the opening the Bonhams new offices on Molesworth Street. It is from a private collection in Ireland and has not been seen on the open market since 1913.
The painting will feature at Bonhams sale of 19th century paintings, drawings and watercolors at New Bond St. on July 11 at 2 p.m.
UPDATE: THIS WAS UNSOLD
(See post on antiquesandartireland.com for February 18, 2012).