There is a great choice across various price ranges at Whyte’s sale of Important Irish Art at the RDS in Dublin on November 27. There are eight variously estimated works by Basil Blackshaw and a Swiss scene by Sir John Lavery is, at 50,000-70,000, the most expensively estimated lot in the auction. The catalogue is online. Here is a small selection:A
Arthur Armstrong RHA (1924-1996) STUDIO STILL LIFE (3,000-4,000) UPDATE: THIS MADE 2,800 AT HAMMER
Paul Henry – Mountainous landscape West of Ireland (50,000-60,000) UPDATE: THIS WAS UNSOLD
Gerard Dillon (1916-1971) ITALIAN WITH FOWL, 1948 (50,000-70,000) UPDATE: THIS MADE 48,000 AT HAMMER
William John Leech RHA ROI (1881-1968) ST. GILES, HOLBORN, FROM CHARING CROSS ROAD, LONDON (9,000-12,000) UPDATE: THIS MADE 10,000 AT HAMMER