Given the strength of sterling and the weakness of the euro the timing for Morgan O’Driscoll’s London viewing of his Irish and International Art auction at the RDS in Dublin on April 20 is good. What better time to introduce a new English audience to Irish art and artists – the three day viewing is at La Galleria in Pall Mall on April 13, 14 and 15 – than when the euro is on the floor? Estimates, as in most latter day auctions in Ireland, are reasonable. Here is a small selection:
(See posts on antiquesandartireland.com for April 6 and April 1, 2015).
Felim Egan (b.1952) – Red River (2006) UPDATE: THIS SOLD FOR 5,000 AT HAMMER
Louis Le Brocquy HRHA (1916-2012) – The Bistro Lemon UPDATE: THIS SOLD FOR 7,000 AT HAMMER.
Camille Souter HRHA (b.1929) – Things Inside (1957) UPDATE: THIS WAS UNSOLD
John Shinnors (b.1950) – Overloop, June (2003) UPDATE: THIS SOLD FOR 4,000 AT HAMMER
Brian Maguire (b.1951) – Fear in the Belly (1996) UPDATE: THIS WAS UNSOLD
Kenneth Webb RWA FRSA RUA (b.1927) – Blowing in the Wind UPDATE: THIS SOLD FOR 8,500
Maurice Canning Wilks ARHA RUA (1911-1984) – Near Doochary, Co. Donegal (6,000-9,000). UPDATE: THIS SOLD FOR 12,000