
Oliver McCarron (1920-2010) – Garden Wellington Road (400-700)

A Georgian glazed bookcase.
Oliver McCarron (1920-2010) – Garden Wellington Road (400-700)
A Georgian glazed bookcase.
Fashion accessories designer Anya Hindmarch will guest curate an exhibition and auction of Contemporary Art at Sotheby’s in London next month. The exhibition will run from September 16-19 to coincide with London Fashion Week, with the auction on September 20. A passionate advocate of British design and arts, Anya is a trustee of both the Royal Academy of Arts and the Design Museum. Anya’s passion for the arts runs through all that she does, from outstanding craftsmanship to witty and creative interpretations of Pop Art. Handpicking the works that inspire her as both a designer and art-collector, she presents a range of artworks by leading contemporary artists including Keith Haring, Andreas Gursky, Tracy Emin and Yayoi Kusama. Here is a small selection: UPDATE: DRIVEN BY AN INFLUX OF FIRST TIME COLLECTORS THE SALE MADE £1.8 MILLION
Keith Haring – Untitled 1982 (£200,000-300,000) UPDATE: THIS SOLD FOR £413,000
Wolfgang Tillmanns – Lighter Blue Concave III 2010 (£18,000-25,000) UPDATE: THIS SOLD FOR £32,500
Anish Kapoor – Untitled 2001 (£10,000-15,000) UPDATE: THIS SOLD FOR £16,250
Anya Hindmarch
The Disasters of War 47 by Gottfried Helnwein (£30,000-50,000) UPDATE: THIS SOLD FOR 115,000
An innocent child caught up in war is the peculiarly appropriate focus of a work by the artist Gottfried Helnwein entitled The Disasters of War at Sotheby’s Irish art sale in London on September 13. The painting is not about Syria, it is about humankind. The work of Helnwein, who lives and works at Gurteen Castle in Co. Tipperary, is informed by his upbringing in post war Austria where World War 2 cast a horrifying shadow. This innocent child in this photo realist work bears the scars of adulthood’s violence and corruptibility. Helnwein, whose works are in major public collections, moved to Ireland in 1997. His work was exhibited in Kilkenny (2001), at the Crawford in Cork (2004) and in Waterford (2008)
Highlights from the auction, which features important work by stalwarts like Lavery, Yeats and O’Conor as well as more contemporary artists like Elizabeth Magill, Melita Denaro, Eilis O’Connell, John Doherty and Rita Duffy, will be on view at the Royal Hibernian Academy in Dublin next week. Viewing at the RHA is from 10 am to 5 pm on September 1, 2 and 3 and from 10 am to 3 pm on Sunday September 4. The Irish viewing will include four Irish art works from David Bowie’s collection to be sold in November, Sleep Sound by Yeats, a watercolour entitled James Joyce by le Brocquy and two works by William Scott, Girl Seated at a Table and Winter Still Life No. 2.
Lazy Lady by Rowan Gillespie (£12,000-18,000) UPDATE: THIS SOLD FOR £32,500
Mary Borden and her family at Bisham Abbey by Sir John Lavery (£150,000-250,000) UPDATE: THIS WAS UNSOLD
The private collection of the late George and Maura McClelland is to be sold through a series of auctions at Whyte’s in Dublin in 2016-17. George McClelland was an art dealer of renown in Ireland and Britain for over fifty years. He sold most of his stock to a private collector in 2006, who in turn donated a large part to the Irish Museum of Modern Art. George and his wife Maura retained about 200 works which they especially treasured. These are now offered at Whyte’s. Here is a small selection:
Louis le Brocquy – Travellers, 1948 (60,000-80,000) UPDATE: THIS MADE 58,000 AT HAMMER
William John Leech – Bowl of Fruit (12,000-15,000) UPDATE: THIS MADE 22,000 AT HAMMER
F. E. McWilliam – Woman Kneeling (100,000-150,000) UPDATE: THIS MADE 90,000 AT HAMMER
Morning Light, Paradise Islands, Bahamas, 1980 by Tony O’Malley (15,000-20,000) UPDATE: THIS MADE 26,000 AT HAMMER
A sculpture by Carpeaux for the facade of the Opera Garnier in a interior by Emilio Terry will feature at the sale of An Exceptional Collection by Christie’s in Paris on September 15. Set to take place during the Biennale des Antiquaires the auction is an opportunity to view an exquisite collection in a beautiful interior. The décor of this hôtel particulier was created by Emilio Terry. It includes several masterpieces assembled across three generations. Le Génie de la Danse was executed by Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux to highlight the Opéra Garnier’s façade and Terry designed the setting in which it fits.
Simon de Monicault, Head of the Furniture and Works of Art department, Christie’s France, adds: “Collections that were laid out by Emilio Terry, major decorator of the 20th century, rarely come to the market. This beautiful hotel particulier has remained intact since Terry’s work in the 1960’s, and grandly brings together 17th and 18th century masterpieces and the neoclassic décor, so characteristic of his work. Pieces have continually been selected by the collectors to fit Terry’s setting, as shown by the works of Christian Bérard and Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux, acquired directly from the artists”. Around 200 lots will come under the hammer in a sale estimated to bring in around four million euro.
Génie de la Danse, executed circa 1865-75 by Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux (1827-1875) (600,000-1,000,000). Courtesy Christie’s Images Ltd., 2016.
A pair of Famille Rose potiches couvertes c1740-50 Qing Dynasty (100,000-200,000). Courtesy Christie’s Images Ltd., 2016
The living room, decorated in light grey panelling conceived by Emilio Terry,
An important Louis XVI bureau plat stamped by Philippe-Claude Montigny. (400,000-600,000) Courtesy Christie’s Images Ltd., 2016
Sleep Sound by Jack B. Yeats from the collection of David Bowie.
Sleep Sound, a 1955 painting by Jack B. Yeats from the collection of David Bowie, comes up at Sotheby’s in November. It is one of about 400 lots from the Bowie collection to be sold. Now estimated at around £180,000 it was bought at Sotheby’s by Bowie in 1993 for £45,500. Sotheby’s will tour to Bowie Collection to New York, Los Angeles and Hong Kong. It will be on display at New Bond St. in London form November 1-10.
Yeats, who is Ireland’s best know artist on the international stage, was a modernist and expressionist whose art frequently expresses the essence of its subject. Under these circumstances it is hardly surprising that the artistic Bowie was numbered among his fans.
(See post on antiquesandartireland.com for July 14, 2016)
The interiors and fine art sale at Adams, Blackrock, Dublin on August 30 features Antique furniture, Irish art, chandeliers, porcelain, silver, jewellery and collectibles. More than 300 lots will come under the hammer. The catalogue is online. Here is a small selection:
An early 19th century twin pedestal dining table (6,000-8,000)
A set of 14 early 19th century Hepplewhite style dining chairs (7,000-8,000) Provenance, the Clarke family, Imperial Tobacco, Manchester.
A Mason’s Mandalay 42 piece dinner and tea service (200-300)
A Victorian mahogany sofa (500-800)
This William IV rosewood side cabinet is estimated at 300-500.
The Leica family tree. Courtesy Christie’s Images Ltd., 2016. UPDATE: THIS SOLD FOR £362,500
THE Leica Camera Family Tree comes up at Christie’s Out of the Ordinary sale in London on September 14. This is a history of the Leica camera comprising 107 of the principal models.
These show the evolution of the marque from pre-production models, the screw-fit Leica series, M-series, R-series, to digital models, from c1923 to 2006. The display, formerly part of the Leica Sölms factory museum, is mounted as a family tree by model and date of production.
The introduction of the Leica heralded a new type of photographer: the photojournalist, who made use of the camera’s small size and ability to work unobtrusively in low-light or fast-moving conditions with previously difficult subjects.
Users like Robert Capa, Alfred Eisenstaedt, Aleksandr Rodchenko, Leni Riefenstahl, Robert Doisneau and Henri Cartier-Bresson created some of the world’s best known images using a Leica.
Billie Piper as Lily Frankenstein
Josh Hartnett and Eva Green as Ethan and Vanessa in the final episode.
A pair of antique wine coolers
Victorian London as depicted in Penny Dreadful.