Ghost Ship by Dorothy Cross. UPDATE: THIS WAS UNSOLD
There is a sense in which a highly original fin-de-siecle work by the Cork artist Dorothy Cross bookends the radical creativity that characterised the 20th century. A luminescent pigment print of a ghost ship by the artist at Adams Mid Century Modern timed online auctions which runs until April 8 will jog many memories.
In 1999 IMMA ran an open submission for an artwork to be located non-permanently in the Dublin area. Cross borrowed the decommissioned lightship which used to mark Daunt Rock off Cork Harbour, painted it in phosphorous paint and moored in Dublin Bay where it glowed and faded eerily each night for months. The print edition at Adams, number 22 out of 75, is estimated at €3,000-5,000.
Art by Fernand Leger, Felim Egan, Suzanne Valadon, Guggi, Stephen McKenna, A.R. Penck and Sean Scully with furniture by Eileen Gray, Charles and Ray Eames, Johannes Anderson and Edmondo Palutari can be found among the leading lots at the auction.
A pair of non conformist chairs by Eileen Gray UPDATE: THESE WERE UNSOLD