Seán Keating PRHA HRA HRSA (1889-1977) Study after The Tipperary Hurler.
Tipp’s loss to Kilkenny at last Sunday’s All Ireland Hurling Final replay did not diminish the enduring appeal of the Tipperary Hurler at Adams last night. Sean Keating’s Study after the Tipperary Hurler sold for a hammer price of 9,200 over a top estimate of 5,000 at the James Adam Irish art sale in Dublin. The original Tipperary Hurler – popular in the United States – was donated to the Municipal Gallery in Dublin (now the Dublin City Gallery the Hugh Lane) in 1957 by Patric Farrell of the Irish Art Rooms in New York. The work was completed for the Amsterdam Olympiad in 1928 and later sent to New York where it was exhibited to acclaim at the Helen Hackett Gallery and the Irish Art Rooms. Here are some hammer price results from last night’s sale: (See post on antiquesandartireland.com for September 26, 2014).
Kathleen Fox (1880-1963) Ruins of the Four Courts (8,000)
George Campbell RHA RUA (1917-1979) Long Ago and Far Away (14,000).
Nathaniel Hone RHA (1831-1917) Driving Cattle Home through the Bend (21,000).
Jack Butler Yeats RHA (1871-1957) A Rose (1936) (44,000).
Oisín Kelly RHA (1915-1981) The Flautist (1972) Bronze on a stone plinth (10,000).
Norah McGuinness HRHA (1901 – 1980) Flight over Mulroy (14,000).
William Conor RHA PRUA OBE (1884-1968) Fun at the Fair (15,000).