The Brian P. Burns collection of Irish art comes under the hammer at Sotheby’s in London on November 21. Internationally promoted this sale of 100 lots spans Irish artists from the 18th century to the present day and includes works by Yeats, O’Conor, Lavery, Orpen, Osborne, Leech, Nathaniel Hone, James Brenan and Rowan Gillespie.
Now aged over 80 Sotheby’s describe the collection he formed over a lifetime as one of the greatest collections of Irish art in private hands. He has generously loaned his collection to exhibitions in America and Ireland and created new audiences for and awareness of Irish art. Here is a selection from the sale:
(See post on antiquesandartireland.com for August 22, 2018)
UPDATE: The sale total including buyer’s premium was £3,307,375 making this the single most valuable auction of Irish art this year.
Walter Frederick Osborne, At the Breakfast Table UPDATE: THIS WAS UNSOLD
Roderic O’Conor, Seascape, Orange and Red Rocks UPDATE: THIS MADE 100,000
ROWAN GILLESPIE – THE SETTLERS UPDATE: THIS MADE 65,000
St. Patrick’s Hall, Dublin Castle by F.J. Davis UPDATE: THIS MADE £243,750