Mask by Henry Moore will lead Bonhams Modern British and Irish art sale in London on November 14. Estimated at £1-1.7 million it is on the market for the first time in 80 years and has never before been at auction. Only four of the series of 12 masks remain in private hands with others at The Tate, Henry Moore Foundation and Leeds City Gallery. There is a strong Irish representation in this sale with works by William Scott, Sir John Lavery and F.E. MacWilliam. The catalogue is online. Here is a small selection:
Sir John Lavery – Study for Ascot in Rain. UPDATE: THIS MADE £187,500
Henry Moore – Mask (£1-1.7 million) UPDATE: THIS MADE £3,248,750
William Scott – Still Life with Fish (££150,000-250,000) UPDATE: THIS WAS UNSOLD
Sir John Lavery – S.S. Ophir (£7,000-10,000) UPDATE: THIS MADE £21,250
F E MacWilliam – Reclining Figure (£7,000-10,000) UPDATE: THIS WAS UNSOLD