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LE COURTISAN GROTESQUE (NO. 6) by Joan Miró

Sir John Lavery – LADY IN GREEN (MRS. CARA H)

Le Courtisan Grotesque, a 1965 watercolour, gouache, ink, pastel and pencil on paper by Joan Miro was the top lot at Whyte’s sale in Dublin on Monday.  Signed and numbered (6) on the lower right it sold for 68,000.  Sir John Lavery’s Lady in Green (Mrs. Cara H) sold for 30,000 and Andy Warhol’s Double Daisy made 27,000.  An oil on board by Dan O’Neill, Studio Interior, made 29,000 in an auction which saw strong results for both contemporary and traditional works.

(See post on antiquesandartireland.com for September 22, 2014).

Vincent van Gogh – Still Life with Daisies and Poppies.

A Still Life by Van Gogh, the finest to appear at auction in decades, will come up at Sotheby’s evening sale of Impressionist & Modern Art in New York on November 4. Vincent van Gogh’s Still Life, Vase with Daisies and Poppies was painted at the home of Dr. Paul Gachet just weeks before the end of Van Gogh’s life. The artist uses the richly-colored bouquet of wildflowers to convey his psychological state at the time – a hallmark of the Expressionist icon. The resulting composition teems with the intense energy, emotion and sensitivity of this creative genius at the height of his short but renowned career. Still Life is one of the few works that Van Gogh sold during his lifetime, one of only a handful of great works by the artist to appear at auction in recent decades. The estimate is $30-50 million.

It was painted in July of 1890 in Auvers-sur-Oise, the town where he settled on his release from the asylum at St. Remy that May.  It was in a number of private collections in Germany before making its way to New York to become one of the earliest works by the artist to enter the United States. It was sold by the Knoedler Gallery in 1928 to A. Conger Goodyear, one of the principal founders of the Museum of Modern Art.

Still Life will be on view at the Hong Kong Convention & Exhibition Centre from October 2-5 and in Sotheby’s London galleries from October 12-18, before returning to New York for exhibition in Sotheby’s York Avenue galleries beginning October 31.

Just under 300 lots of art are available at Morgan O’Driscoll’s current off the wall online art auction. It runs until October 6. The catalogue is online. Here is a small selection:

Banksy – Girl with red Balloon (print on linen) open edition (100-200).  UPDATE: THIS MADE 280

Angela Fewer- Untitled (1,000-1,500)  UPDATE: THIS WAS UNSOLD

George Campbell – Flamenco Guitarist (200-300)  UPDATE: THIS SOLD FOR 70

Arthur Maderson – Point of Sunset, Tallow Horse Fair (1,000-1,500).  UPDATE: THIS MADE 800

Henry Morgan – Boats at Garrykennedy (400-600)  UPDATE: THIS SOLD FOR 280

Charles Brady – Pencil (700-1,000)  UPDATE: THIS MADE 1,400

Roderic O’Conor (1860-1940) – Etude de Femme (60,000-80,000).  UPDATE: THIS WAS UNSOLD

The subject of Etude de Femme by Roderic O’Conor at the James Adam sale of Important Irish Art in Dublin on October 1 is believed to be Renee Honta initially his model and mistress, then his constant companion and, in 1933, his wife.  O’Conor included the work in a group of nine paintings he exhibited at the Salon d’Automne in 1919.  Adams have estimated it at 60,000-80,000.  It is one of 216 works on the catalogue, which is online. Here is a small selection:

Attributed to Daniel Maclise RA RHA (1806-1870) The Wandering Minstrel Watercolour and chalk (1,500-2,500).  UPDATE: THIS MADE 2,400 AT HAMMER

Edward Delaney RHA (1930-2009) Abstract Standing Form Bronze on a stone plinth (1,000-1,500)  UPDATE: THIS MADE 1,000 AT HAMMER

Paul Henry (1876-1958) The Storm c.1898-9 Charcoal on paper (8,000-12,000).  UPDATE: THIS MADE 9,500 AT HAMMER

Barrie Cooke HRHA (1931-2014) Reclining Nude Oil (8,000-12,000)  UPDATE: THIS WAS UNSOLD

Louis le Brocquy HRHA (1916-2012) Cúchulainn Blanc et Rose (1973) Tabard Frères et Soeurs Aubusson tapestry (40,000-60,000).  UPDATE: THIS MADE 40,000 AT HAMMER

Mainie Jellett (1897-1944) Homage to Fra Angelico (1928) (40,000-60,000).  UPDATE: THIS WAS UNSOLD

AN important collection of Czech Modernism from the Roy and Mary Cullen Collection in Houston comes up at Sotheby’s in London on November 12.  Adrian Biddell, Senior Director, Sotheby’s 19^th Century European Paintings Department, describes the Roy & Mary Cullen Collection, as “an extraordinary collecting achievement. Formed with a combination of passion and patience, it focuses on the rich and compelling story of Czech Avant-Garde art between the First and Second World Wars as told by the artists, illustrators, photographers and writers of the time. The paintings, works on paper, prints and books capture the visual, literary and intellectual ideas that flourished in Prague and Paris during this period. Sotheby’s sale of the Hascoe Collection of Czech Modern Art in London in June 2011 revealed enormous interest in the market for Czech art and realised more than double the pre-sale estimate. The Roy & Mary Cullen Collection presents the next chapter in Czech art, specifically Czech Surrealism between the wars.” Comprising approximately 120 lots, the Roy & Mary Cullen Collection is expected to bring in the region of £1.7 million.

TOYEN
Czech 1902 – 1980
PORTRAIT OF ANDRÉ BRETON
signed and dedicated à andré Breton / Toyen / 18 II 1950 lower right (£120,000-180,000).

KAREL TEIGE
Czech 1900 – 1951
UNTITLED (£50,000-70,000).

FRANTISEK KUPKA
Czech 1871-1957
ETUDE POUR ACCENT NOIR (FEMMES) (£20,000-30,000).

The second annual sale of Asobi: Ingenious Creativity – Japanese Works of Art from Antiquity to Contemporary takes place at Christie’s,  South Kensington on October 15 during Frieze week. From its inception to the present day, there is a joie de vivre that runs through Japanese culture and is apparent throughout the visual arts. Asobi gokoro, or ‘the playful heart’ manifests itself in an endless play with form, from wilful distortion to tongue-in-cheek humour; light-hearted treatment of serious themes to the juxtaposition of unexpected elements. The leitmotif of the sale, Asobi connects prehistoric ceramics, 16^th/17^th century screens and 20^th century avant-garde painting and photographs. Comprising over 170 lots the sale is led by a magnificent panel by Shibata Zeshin (1807 – 1891) the only exhibition panel of this scale to come to auction (£600,000-800,000).

Panel by Shibata Zeshin (1807-1891) (£600,000-800,000). Courtesy Christie’s Images Ltd., 2014

Untitled 1965 by Kazuo Shiraga (£150,000-250,000). Courtesy Christie’s Images ltd., 2014

A 16th century two fold screen repressenting the Chomeiji Temple pilgrimage mandala (£500,000-700,000). Courtesy Christie’s Images Ltd., 2014.