The Night has Gone by Jack B. Yeats made a hammer price of 225,000 at de Veres.
Abstract Composition by Mainie Jellet (1897-1944) made 74,000 at hammer at de Veres.
The Night Has Gone, a 1947 oil on canvas by Jack B. Yeats, was the top lot at de Veres Irish art auction in Dublin this week. It made a hammer price of 225,000. Safe Harbour by Yeats made 90,000, Mainie Jellett’s Abstract Composition made 74,000 and Fresh Horses by Yeats made 40,000. Quiet Snow in St. Stephen’s Green by Camille Souter made 18,500 and Mending the Nets by Norah McGuinness sold for 11,000. A bronze horse by Patrick O’Reilly sold for 7,000. A work from John Shinnors’ Kite Series made 8,200.