FROM Roderic O’Conor and Paul Henry to Patrick Collins and Louis le Brocquy the sale of Irish and British art by Whyte’s at the RDS on March 4 encompasses a broad range. This is a sale which caters for most tastes. The cataloge is on-line. Here is a small selection (you can click on any image to enlarge).
Constance Gore-Booth, Countess Markievicz (1868-1927) Glendalough, Co. Wicklow 1895 (1,500-2,000). UPDATE: THIS MADE 1,800
Paula Rego DBE (b.1935) Come to Me 2001/2. An image of Jane Eyre based on Rego’s lithograph’s of the Brontë Sisters reproduced as a stamp by the Royal Mail in 2005. Lithograph 14/35. (600-800). UPDATE: THIS MADE 2,600
Louis le Brocquy HRHA (1916-2012) Image of Bono (Blue) 2003. Silkscreen print 39/75. (2,000-3,000). UPDATE: THIS MADE 2,500
William Clarke (1803-1883) Topsail ketch on the Clyde sailing past the Clooch Lighthouse, Scotland 1865 (3,000-4,000). UPDATE: THIS MADE 2,700
Thomas Hovenden (1840-1895) Study of a young woman seen in three quarter profile from behind. (1,000-1,500). UPDATE: THIS MADE 950
James Humbert Craig RHA RUA (1877-1944) The Tops of Glendun, Co. Antrim (5,000-7,000). UPDATE: THIS WAS UNSOLD
Aloysius C. O’Kelly (1853-1936) English peasant chopping swedes c1887-88. (6,000-8,000). This image graces the cover the catalogue. UPDATE: THIS MADE 10,500
Roderic O’Conor (1860-1940) Chrysanthemums, 1896 (20,000-30,000). UPDATE: THIS MADE 19,000
Evie Hone HRHA (1894-1955) Design for the Andrew Jameson Window at St. Marty’s Church of Ireland, Howth. (800-1,200). UPDATE: THIS WAS UNSOLD
Markey Robinson (1918-1999) Shawlie and Sailboats by the Shore (3,500-4,500). UPDATE: THIS WAS UNSOLD