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Jack B. Yeats The Young One, dated 1891 on label.  UPDATE: THIS MADE 22,500 AT HAMMER.

A fresh to market watercolour by Jack B. Yeats is the catalogue cover lot for the Morgan O’Driscoll’s evening auction of Irish art at the RDS in Dublin on April 28. Dated from 1891 The Young One depicts O’Connell St. in Sligo on what is probably market day.  Yeats was brought up in Sligo and retained his affection for the city.  The work is estimated at 20,000-30,000.  Highlights include works by Paul Henry, Gerard Dillon, Donald Teskey, William Conor and Cecil Maguire. Here is a small selection. 

Paul Henry RHA (1876-1958)
A Western Landscape 1919 (40,000-60,000). UPDATE: THIS MADE 37,500 AT HAMMER

Walter Frederick Osborne RHA (1859-1903)
An Interior of a Coach House
oil on board (20,000-30,000). UPDATE: THIS MADE 19,000 AT HAMMER

William Crozier HRHA (1930-2011)
Island Field (6,000-9,000).  UPDATE: THIS WAS UNSOLD

Donald Teskey (b.1956)
Ballycastle, Co. Mayo, September ’96 (5,000-7,000). UPDATE: THIS MADE 7,000 AT HAMMER

Basil Ivan Rakoczi (1908-1979)
The Game (1,500-2,500). UPDATE: THIS MADE 1,400 AT HAMMER

Daniel O’Neill (1920-1974)
Figures in Landscape
oil on board (3,000-5,000). UPDATE: THIS WAS UNSOLD.

This is a video from Christie’s on Monet’s 1907 Water Lilies which comes up in New York on May 6 estimated at $25-35 million.  (See post on antiquesandartireland.com for April 6, 2014).

The Art of Travel  a new annual summer sale of vintage travel posters and luggage celebrating the golden age of tourism will be held at Christie’s, South Kensington, London on June 18.  With the arrival of the railway in the late 19^th and early 20^th Centuries, artists, writers, and aristocrats flocked to the Côte d’Azur to experience the unique landscape, light, and luxury of the region. The beautiful art deco style posters that were commissioned by the railway companies remind us of the timeless appeal of this glamorous and beautiful region. A selection of the works on offer will be on view at a special exhibition in the JW Marriott Cannes throughout the film festival from May 14 – 25.  Highlights include spectacular posters by A.M. Cassandre and Roger Broders: 

Roger Broders (1883-1953)
AGAY
lithograph in colours, c.1930 (£6,000-8,000). Courtesy, Christie’s Images Ltd., 2014  UPDATE: THIS SOLD FOR £5,625

A. M. Cassandre (1901-1968),
COTE D’AZUR, 1931 (£10,000-15,000). Courtesy, Christie’s Images Ltd., 2014  UPDATE: THIS SOLD FOR £10,000

Roger Broders (1883-1953)
THE FRENCH RIVIERA FOR PERPETUAL SUNSHINE, 1930 (£4,000-6,000). Courtesy, Christie’s Images Ltd., 2014 UPDATE: THIS SOLD FOR £4,375

Pieter Brueghel the Younger, Calvary – 1615 (£3-4 million). (Click on image to enlarge it).

An imposing landscape with the Crucifixion by  Pieter Brueghel the Younger is part of a remarkable group of Flemish Old Master paintings from the Coppée Collection to be sold at Sotheby’s in London this summer. Assembled by the Belgian industrialist Evence Coppée III (1882-1945) in the 1920’s  the collection is comprised almost exclusively of 16^th and 17^th century works.  There is an emphasis on the works of Pieter Brueghel the Younger (1564-1637/8) and the Brueghel family. Of the paintings by Pieter Brueghel the Younger the sale will feature  the landscape with the Crucifixion (£3-4 million), an Outdoor Wedding Dance (£1.-1.5 million) and an evocative Winter Landscape (£1-1.5 million). The selection also encompasses impressive paintings resulting from a collaboration between Jan Brueghel the Younger and artists such as Frans Francken the Younger and Hendrik van Balen the Elder, as well as works from the North Netherlandish School and the School of Northern France.

Passed on by direct descent from Baron Coppée, these works have not appeared on the market for almost a century. They will be auctioned as part of a group of 19 paintings from the Coppée Collection at Sotheby’s Old Master sales on July 9 and 10, 2014.  The Calvary is one of only two signed works by Brueghel on the subject of the Crucifixion.  It ranks amongst the rarest of his compositions.