Salvador Dali’s Le Cheval a la Montre Molle (Horse Saddled with Time) at James Adam. UPDATE: THIS MADE 19,000 AT HAMMER
Salvador Dali’s bronze sculpture Le Cheval a la Montre Molle (Horse saddled with time) is the top lot at the next James Adam Sunday Interiors sale in Dublin on June 22. Estimated at 11.000-15,000 the work is signed on the right hind leg. It has a green and gold patina, carries the foundry mark “C Camblest 1981” and is numbered 274-350. The original was first conceived and cast in 1980.
A 19th century Dublin clock from Ernest Bewley’s office at James Adam. (1,500-2,500). UPDATE: THIS SOLD FOR 3,800
The auction of fine period silver, furniture, painting, carpets, porcelain and decorative arts includes contents from Deepwell House, Blackrock, Co. Dublin, home of the late businessman and collector John Reihill. A Roderic O’Conor landscape from his collection sold for 210,000 at the latest James Adam sale of Important Irish art on May 28. The top silver lot, an Irish George II beer jug by John Hamilton of Dublin, is estimated at 5,000-8,000. A diamond fur stone ring is estimated at 8,000-1,200 and Sir Gerald Festus Kelly’s Portrait of a Lady Seated has an estimate of 3,000-5,000.
The sale features around 165 lots of furniture. Collectibles include The Bewley’s Clock, a 19th century bracket clock by McMaster and Son, Grafton St., Dublin purchased for his office by Ernest Bewley when he opened his landmark cafe on Westmoreland St. in 1896. It is estimated at 1,500-2,500. The catalogue is on-line.