There is Landscape and abstract art and sculpture by some of Ireland’s leading artists de Veres in Dublin on June 16. The auction of 105 lots includes Pony in a Connemara Garden by Gerard Dillon (30,000-40,000), Reclining Figure by Dan O’Neill (14,000-18,000), Stephen’s Green, Dublin by Louis le Brocquy (8,000-12,000), Tony O’Malley’s Good Friday/Easter Sunday (12,000-18,000), Peter Curling’s Horse Fair at Goresbridge (20,000-25,000) and Return of Ulysses by Hughie O’Donoghue (8,000-12,000).
Other lots include a sculpture by Edward Delaney, A Family, (8,000-12,000); Campsite, Poppintree, North County Dublin by Maurice MacGonigle (10,000-15,000); Colin Middleton’s Alders, Rabbit Island (8,000-12,000) and The Breaking Wave, Garretstown Beach by Patrick Hennessy (3,000-5,000). The catalogue is online. Here is a small selection:
Hughie O’Donoghue, b. 1953
RETURN OF ULYSSES (2006-2007) (8,000-12,000). UPDATE: THIS SOLD FOR 8,000
George Campbell RHA, RUA 1917-1979
MEMORY OF HOWTH (2,000-3,000). UPDATE: THIS MADE 2,700
Maurice MacGonigal PPRHA 1900-1979
“CAMPSITE”, POPPINTREE, NORTH COUNTY DUBLIN (10,000-15,000) UPDATE: THIS MADE 13,500
Tony O’Malley HRHA, 1913 – 2003
GOOD FRIDAY / EASTER SUNDAY, APRIL 1982 (12,000-16,000). UPDATE: THIS SOLD FOR 11,500
Family by Edward Delaney (8,000-12,000) UPDATE: THIS MADE 8,000
Pony in a Connemara Garden by Gerard Dillon (30,000-40,000). UPDATE: THIS SOLD FOR 42,000 AND WAS THE TOP LOT IN THE AUCTION