This bronze by Dorothy Cross entitled Bird in Hand, number 1 from an edition of 3, comes up at Whyte’s Art for Gaza timed online sale which gets underway today at 5 pm. There is no buyer’s commission and all proceeds go to Medicins Sans Frontieres working on the ground in Gaza. The art has been donated by Irish artists and the sale includes pieces by President Michael D. Higgins, Sean Scully, Mick Mulcahy, Charlie Tyrell, Brian Henderson, Alice Hanratty, Guggi, Tim Booth, Dorothy Cross, Brian Bourke, Jay Murphy, James English, Domino Whisker, John Behan, Brian Maguire, Suzy O’Mullane, Maria Simmonds Gooding, Abigail O’Brien, Michael Kane, Constance Short, Michele Sweetman, Brona Anderson, Shane MacGowan, Annette McNamee, Jim Fitzpatrick, Rowan Gillespie, Roisin Murphy, Orla de Brí, John Noel Smith, Shevaun Doherty, Eric Luke, Pauline Bewick, John Gerrard and the UK’s Michael Landy and Michael Stipe. Bird in Hand is estimated at 8,000-10,000.
UPDATE: The sale raised over €168,000. Every single lot sold. The entire proceeds of the auction, without deduction of costs, will go to Médecins Sans Frontières, Doctors Without Borders who are working on the ground in Gaza.