A brace of artworks at Adams forthcoming sale of Important Irish Art in Dublin on March 25 are as Irish as horse racing and the dry stone walls of the west. Ireland’s Best, a watercolor from Peter Curling is estimated at 4,000-6,000. It was purchased at the Tryon Gallery in London in 1986 and is illustrated in “Collecting Sporting Art” by J.P.N. Watson published by Sportsman’s Press. The work was one of six paintings chosen by the artist for the “Injured Jockey Fund” calendar of 1998.
Sean Scully’s Conversation Colour woodcut, signed and dated 1986, is numbered 18/40 and estimated at 3,000-5,000. A copy of this woodcut is in the collection at MoMA.
Peter Curling (b.1955) Ireland’s Best (4,000-8,000). UPDATE: THIS MADE 5,000 AT HAMMER
Sean Scully (b.1945) Conversation Colour (3,000-5,000). UPDATE: THIS MADE 3,000