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    PHOTOGRAPHY FROM KRONN COLLECTION AT IMMA

    Thursday, July 31st, 2014

    Second Siight is the title of an exhibition of the David Kronn Collection which goes on show at the Irish Museum of Modern Art (IMMA) from August 2 to November 9. It is drawn from an exceptional collection promised to IMMA.  The collection comprises more than 550 photographs ranging from 19th century daguerreotypes to icons of modern photography like Edward Weston and August Sander and contemporary photographers Trine Sondergaard and Simon Norfolk.  The first exhibition from this collection was staged at IMMA in 2011. Second Sight marks the donation of 50 works to IMMA.  It will be shown alongside a display by international photographers with a particular focus on Graciela Iturbide (Mexico), Doug Dubois (USA), Daido Moriyama (Japan), Evelyn Hofer (GermanyI and Pieter Hugo (South Africa).

    Daido Moriyama, Back of Head 2009, Gelatin silver print, 23 x 34 cm, The David Kronn Collection

    Daido Moriyama, Back of Head 2009, Gelatin silver print, 23 x 34 cm, The David Kronn Collection

    Doug Dubois, My last day at seventeen, Kieran, Dylan and Cian at Cuskinny Bay, Cobh, 2011, 61 x 76 cm, Gazebo, The David Kronn Collection

    Doug Dubois, My last day at seventeen, Kieran, Dylan and Cian at Cuskinny Bay, Cobh, 2011, 61 x 76 cm, Gazebo, The David Kronn Collection

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    IRISH ART AT MORGAN O’DRISCOLL ONLINE AUCTION

    Thursday, July 31st, 2014

    THE  online auction of Irish art at Morgan O’Driscoll runs until August 5.  The catalogue for the sale is online and bidding is progressing.  Here is a small selection:  UPDATE: Technical problems halted the sale at lot 70.  Bidding on remaining lots will continue until August 6.

    Louis le Brocquy - Flight.

    Louis le Brocquy – Flight. UPDATE: THIS SOLD FOR 3,200

    Peter Collis - Dalkey Island and Vico Road.

    Peter Collis – Dalkey Island and Vico Road.  UPDATE: THIS SOLD FOR 3,000

    Ivan Sutton - Mullaghmore Harbour, Co. Sligo.

    Ivan Sutton – Mullaghmore Harbour, Co. Sligo.  UPDATE: THIS MADE 700

    John Minihane - Tom Murphy outside the Royal Court Theatre.

    John Minihane – Tom Murphy outside the Royal Court Theatre.  UPDATE: THIS MADE 200

    John Eagle - Eyeries.

    John Eagle – Eyeries.  UPDATE: THIS WAS UNSOLD

    John Desmond - Island Sheds with Red Door.

    John Desmond – Island Sheds with Red Door.  UPDATE: THIS SOLD FOR 120

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    SOME ANTIQUE FURNITURE FROM DOLAN’S CLIFDEN AUCTION

    Wednesday, July 30th, 2014

    The emphasis is on art at Dolan’s two day summer auction in Clifden on August 4 and 5.  However, the sale will also feature some reasonably estimated antique furniture and collectibles.  The catalogue is on line.  Here is a small selection from the furniture on offer.

    A Victorian walnut table (750-850)

    A Victorian walnut table (750-850)   UPDATE: THIS SOLD FOR 650

    A 19th century walnut framed sofa (600-800).

    A 19th century walnut framed sofa (600-800).  UPDATE: THIS SOLD FOR 700

    A carved Oriental nest of four tables (400-600).

    A carved Oriental nest of four tables (400-600).  UPDATE: THIS WAS UNSOLD

    An oak mid 18th century lowboy, possibly Irish (300-600).

    An oak mid 18th century lowboy, possibly Irish (300-600).  UPDATE: THIS SOLD FOR 425

    A George IV rosewood davenport (500-800).

    A George IV rosewood davenport (500-800). UPDATE: THIS SOLD FOR 1,900

    A mahogany secretaire bookcase (300-500)

    A mahogany secretaire bookcase (300-500)  UPDATE: THIS SOLD FOR 200

    A 19th century serpentine fender in the Adams style (280-380).

    A 19th century serpentine fender in the Adams style (280-380).  UPDATE: THIS SOLD FOR 190

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    ONLINE IRISH ART AUCTION AT MORGAN O’DRISCOLL

    Monday, July 28th, 2014
    This oil on aluminium by Charles Tyrrell will be sold in aid of the West Cork Arts Centre building fund (3,000-4,000).

    This oil on aluminium by Charles Tyrrell will be sold in aid of the West Cork Arts Centre building fund (3,000-4,000).  UPDATE: IT SOLD FOR 2,200

    A TOTAL of 71 paintings from Morgan O’Driscoll’s current online auction of Irish art are being sold to help fund the new West Cork Arts Centre building now nearing completion at  Skibbereen in west Cork.  The 299 lot sale runs to August 5.  The works to  help fund the new gallery are from artists as diverse as Charles Tyrrell, Majella O’Neill Collins, Tim Goulding, Bernadette Kiely, John Kingerlee, Ian Humphreys and Norman McCaig. These particular works, with lot numbers attached, are on display right now in shop windows throughout Skibbereen.  

    The auction features work by Kenneth Webb, Daniel O’Neill, George Gillespie, William Crozier, Frank McKelvey, Sir Terry Frost, Norah McGuinness, Louis le Brocquy, Tony O’Malley, Graham Knuttel, Maurice Wilks, Michael Mulcahy,  Gladys McCabe, Arthur Maderson and Kevin Sanquest.  It will be on view at Morgan O’Driscoll’s offices in Skibbereen from July 31 and over the August Weekend – traditionally the busiest weekend of the year in Skibbereen – until August 5.  

     

     

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    WWI ALBUM OF GATESHEAD ARMAMENTS MANUFACTURE AT GALWAY SALE

    Saturday, July 26th, 2014
    Album of mounted photographs showing the daily progress of the building of a 54 ton trolley wagon for a rail gun at Gateshead Works dated September 13, 1914.

    Album of mounted photographs showing the daily progress of the building of a 54 ton trolley wagon for a rail gun at Gateshead Works dated September 13, 1914.  UPDATE: THIS WAS UNSOLD

    One of the images.

    One of the images.

    One of the more collectible lot at Dolan’s August auction in Clifden is a century old album of mounted photographs relating to the manufacture of armaments for World War 1.   The on trend lot of 47 photographs depicts the manufacture of a 54 ton trolley for a rail gun at Gateshead Works.

    Dated September 13, 1914 the photos cover the entire manufacturing process which got underway almost exactly a century ago on September 1, 1914.  The Great War officially started on June 28 1914 with the assassination of the Archduke Franz Ferdinand, heir to the Austria Hungary throne.  This album shows the building of the rail gun wagon at Gateshead just over two months later.  It shows the different crews employed and the finished carriage with canon and is estimated at 1,000-1,500. Silver, furniture, paintings, books and affordable Irish art will all come under the hammer at this two day auction in Connemara on August 4 and 5. Furniture, art and collectibles – including the World War album – will be offered on August Monday, with Irish art, rugs and outdoor effects on the following day. Both sales get underway at 12.30 p.m.  Included in the sale will be paintings and furniture from the collection of artist Kenneth Webb.

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    MORE THAN THE SUN TO SPARKLE AT KINSALE ON SUNDAY

    Friday, July 25th, 2014

    IRELAND is enjoying some marvellous summer weather.  But more than the countryside will be sparking at Kinsale on Sunday where Hibernian Antique Fairs will be at Acton’s Hotel from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m.  Dealers from around the country will head to Kinsale with a huge variety of antiques and collectibles. Among them are Weldons, with some eyecatching jewellery  to be found among the art, antique furniture, porcelain, silver, nautical antiques, vintage fashions and plenty of collectible items. Here is a small sample of what Weldons will have on offer:

    Emerald and diamond ring set with 8.5 carat Colombian emerald c1960.

    Emerald and diamond ring set with 8.5 carat Colombian emerald c1960.

    Victorian sapphire and diamond bracelet (8,500),

    Victorian sapphire and diamond bracelet (8,500),

    Victorian opal and diamond bangle (4,500).

    Victorian opal and diamond bangle (4,500).

    Aquamarine and diamond ring (5,950).

    Aquamarine and diamond ring (5,950).

    Opal and diamond cluster earrings, with harlequin opals (3,950).

    Opal and diamond cluster earrings, with harlequin opals (3,950).

     

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    ASHFORD CASTLE AUCTION A SELL OUT

    Friday, July 25th, 2014
    This specimen table was the top lot at the Ashford Castle sale. It made 5,000.

    This specimen table was the top lot at the Ashford Castle sale. It made 5,000.

    The auction of 1,000 lots of contents from Ashford Castle, one of Ireland’s most luxurious hotels, was a sellout this week.  The sale, on location at Cong in Co. Mayo, was 100 per cent sold.  Auctioneer Aidan Foley reported that more than 4,000 people turned up for the one day viewing on Tuesday and there were 1,000 bidders at the auction on Wednesday.  On offer were contents from the castle, which is undergoing a major refurbishment.  There was everything from kitchen equipment to soft furnishings to porcelain, lamps, Imari chargers and some antique furniture lots.  Nearly everything sold for above estimate.  The top lot was a marble specimen table which sold for 5,000.

    (See post on antiquesandartireland.com for July 14, 2014)

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    ONLINE ONLY AUCTION OF JAPANESE PRINTS AT CHRISTIE’S

    Thursday, July 24th, 2014

    An online-only auction of Japanese woodblock prints opens at Christie’s today and runs until August 7.  The auction includes a private English collection of prints by Utagawa Kuniyoshi (1797-1861). It comprises 146 lots, with estimates starting at £600. Christie’s say that  this sale provides new and established collectors and enthusiasts with a rare opportunity to not only acquire some of Kuniyoshi’s best and rarest designs but also to choose from an array of dynamic works by many of the other most famous Japanese printmakers including Kitagawa Utamaro (1753-1806), Utagawa Hiroshige (1797-1848) and Kawase Hasui (1883-1957). To see the full array of works featured and to start to bid please visit the department page http://www.christies.com/auctions/japanese-art

    Kitagawa Utamaro (1753?-1806) Hairdresser, from the series Fujin Twelve Types of Women's Handicraft, circa 1798–99 (£7,000-9,000). Courtesy, Christie's Images Ltd., 2014.

    Kitagawa Utamaro (1753?-1806)
    Hairdresser, from the series Fujin Twelve Types of Women’s Handicraft, circa 1798–99 (£7,000-9,000). Courtesy, Christie’s Images Ltd., 2014.

     

    Utagawa Hiroshige (1797 - 1858) Meguro Drum Bridge and Sunset Hill, from the series One Hundred Views of Famous Places of Edo, 4th month 1857 (£1,800-2,200).

    Utagawa Hiroshige (1797 – 1858)
    Meguro Drum Bridge and Sunset Hill, from the series One Hundred Views of Famous Places of Edo, 4th month 1857 (£1,800-2,200).  Courtesy Christie’s Images Ltd., 2014.

     

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    INTIMATE DEGAS NUDE AT MONTE CARLO SALE

    Wednesday, July 23rd, 2014
    Edgar Degas - Nu assis jambes croissees

    Edgar Degas – Nu assis jambes croissees  UPDATE: THIS WAS UNSOLD

    Barberini an d Gunnell - Chained up table.

    Barberini an d Gunnell – Chained up table.  UPDATE: THIS SOLD FOR 28,O72

    An intimate nude by Edgar Degas is among the lots at Tajan’s summer sales in Monte Carlo on July 28, 29 and 30.  The sales feature important jewellery, watches, modern and contemporary art and design.  This Degas nude, set in a landscape, is uncommon in the  work of an artist who generally favoured views from behind and nudes painted in interiors. The work bears the studio stamp applied on the artist’s death in anticipation of the eight sales staged in 1918 and 1919. It then appeared in the collections of Sam Salz, a keen admirer of Impressionist works. It dates to 1880 and will be offered for sale on July 28 estimated at 350,000-500,000.

    One of the more unusual design lots is Barberini and Gunnel’s chained up dining set from 2014 in steel.  It is estimated at 25,000-35,000.

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    XU BING AT CHATSWORTH IN THE AUTUMN

    Tuesday, July 22nd, 2014
    Artist Xu Bing at work at Chatsworth.

    Artist Xu Bing at work at Chatsworth.

    An installation entitled Tao Hua Yuan: A Lost Village Utopia  by Xu Bing – one of China’s best known and critically acclaimed artists – is to be unveiled at Chatsworth for the ninth annual Beyond Limits monumental sculpture exhibition this year.  The multi-media work incorporates both natural and man-made elements in the form of natural rock formations, ceramics, exotic plants in addition to mist effects. Organisers Sotheby’s describe it as one of the most impressive installations to date by Xu Bing.  It will be seen at the opening of this year’s exhibition on September 8 in and around the Seahorse fountain, a circular pond on the historic South lawn in the Chatsworth Garden.  This location is usually off limits. The Seahorse fountain is undergoing restoration.

    The dream-like landscape of Tao Hua Yuan: A Lost Village Utopia was inspired by the classic Chinese fable “Tao Hua Yuan” (“Peach Blossom Spring”) written by the scholar Tao Qian in AD421, about a chance discovery of an ethereal utopia where people live in harmony with nature.  To reproduce Tao Qian’s utopia, Xu Bing has created hundreds of ceramic objects and collected mountain rocks from five different regions in China to reflect the specific characteristics of their regional identities.  The full extent of the sculpture, arranged concentrically around the pond, will be revealed at the opening of this year’s Beyond Limits.  This three-dimensional installation has been designed to bring Chinese ink painting to life.  As the visitors walk around the elements of the installation, the mountains, trees, figures, houses and reflections on the pool coalesce into new tableaux vivant, enabling the viewer to experience Chinese ink painting in a three-dimensional sensory experience.

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