Evening Flight by Norah McGuinness
The art collection of the late playwright Brian Friel raised almost 200,000 the the Peter McVerry Trust, a homeless charity, at James Adam in Dublin last night. His widow Anne donated the sale proceeds of the sale of 23 works from well-known Irish artists to thecharity. The Tony award nominee dramatist, short story writer and playwright died aged 86 in 2015. His works include Dancing at Lughnasa and Philadelphia Here I Come! He was a co-founder of the Field Day Theatre Company.
The top lot from the Friel collection was Evening Flight by Norah McGuinness which made a hammer price of 22,000.