Top lots at the Irish art sale which brought in £1,909,125 at Sotheby’s in London today included works by Sir John Lavery (The Summit of the Jungfrau made £212,500 at hammer) and John Luke (Northern Rhythm made £187,500). Strong prices were achieved by Basil Blackshaw (The Fall sold for £162,500), Jack Butler Yeats Railway Refreshment Room (£125,000), Mary Swanzy (Sun on the Sails £87,500), Colin Middleton (The Life Everlasting £85,000), William Crozier (The end of the Modern World £57,500) and Patrick Scott (Gold Painting 35 £46,250).
Sir William Orpen’s Study for Nude Pattern, The Holy Well made £72,500 and his portrait of Mr. and Mrs. Jack Courtauld and their daughter Jeanne on a settee made £61,250. A Fortune by Jack Butler Yeats made £75,000 and Untitled by Sean Scully made £60,000. Other prices include The Dark Pond by Frank McKelvey (£30,000), Caves at Concarneau by William Leech (£22,500), La Fenetre by Roderic O’Conor (£50,000), Japanese Garden by Sir John Lavery (£62,500), Potato Patch by Gerard Dillon (£47,500), Fishermens Houses by Colin Middleton (£37,500), Woman by Louis le Brocquy (£31,250) and An Italian Water Scene by Martin Finnin (£11,875).
Secret Lovers by Rowan Gillespie made £32,500, Egg Head by F.E. McWilliam made £22,500 and the Enignum II chair by Joseph Walsh made £10,000.
(See posts on antiquesandartireland.com for September 1 and August 17, 2017)
COLIN MIDDLETON, R.H.A.
THE LIFE EVERLASTING
SIR WILLIAM ORPEN, R.W.S., N.E.A.C., R.A., R.H.A.
STUDY FOR NUDE PATTERN: THE HOLY WELL
MARY SWANZY, H.R.H.A.
SUN ON THE SAILS
JACK BUTLER YEATS, R.H.A. RAILWAY REFRESHMENT ROOM