William Conor RHA RUA ROI (1881-1968) The Jaunting Cart (15,000-20,000). (Click on image to enlarge). UPDATE: THIS SOLD FOR 14,200
William Conor RHA RUA ROI (1881-1968) The Remnants (20,000-30,000). (Click on image to enlarge). UPDATE: THIS SOLD FOR 19,000.
No less than four works by Belfast artist William Conor go under the hammer at Morgan O’Driscoll’s early evening Irish art auction at Clyde Court Hotel, Landsdowne Road, Dublin on February 18. They feature among 226 works including a watercolour by Sean Scully entitled Yellow Figure estimated at 30,000-40,000, “Life in the west of Ireland” in pen and ink by Yeats and a west of Ireland beach scene by James Humbert Craig. The catalogue is on-line. Here is a small selection:
Jack Butler Yeats RHA (1871-1957) Dust Cover for “Life in the West of Ireland” (12,000-15,000). UPDATE: THIS SOLD FOR 10,000
John Shinnors (b.1950) Cathedral, St. John’s Square (4,000-6,000). UPDATE: THIS SOLD FOR 3,800
James Humbert Craig RHA RUA (1878-1944) Mother and Children on the Beach, Dog’s Bay, Roundstone , (15,000-20,000). UPDATE: THIS SOLD FOR 13,000.
Mary Fedden RA (1915-2012) Still Life With Jug (12,000-15,000). (Click on image to enlarge). UPDATE: THIS WAS UNSOLD.