Robert Ballagh's l"Origine du Langue at de Veres. (click on image to enlarge) UPDATE: THIS WAS UNSOLD
Louis le Brocquy's Cherub tapestry. (click on image to enlarge) UPDATE: IT MADE 45,000
Robert Ballagh’s l’Origine du Langue shows René Magritte and James Joyce seated at a window overlooking the corner of St. Stephen’s Green at the top of Grafton Street in the year 1904. The Dublin meeting is imaginary (Magritte would have been just five or six years old at the time), the setting isn’t. Estimated at 20,000 – 30,000 the acrylic on canvas is one of the more unusual subjects at the
de Veres Irish Art evening auction at the D4 Hotel in Dubin on Tuesday, May 17.
The sale is strong on sculpture, with examples by F.E. MacWilliam, Oisin Kelly, Rowan Gillespie, Imogen Stuart and John Behan. Louis le Brocquy’s 1953 Aubusson tapestry entitled Cherub is another highlight. It was one of a number of tapestries commissioned in 1951 by Mrs. S.H. Stead-Ellis on the theme of The Garden of Eden. It is estimated at 45,000-65,000.
James Sinton Sleator succeeded Orpen as President of the Royal Hibernian Academy in 1945. This self-portrait is estimated at 4,000-6,000.
UPDATE: This sale realised 400,000 at hammer. Around 70 per cent of lots found buyers. The le Broquy tapestry was the top lot at 45,000, an oil on photographic base by Hughie O’Donoghue made 36,000, a bronze by Rowan Gillespie made 18,500, an oil by Gerard Dillon made 13,000, a Bahamas painting by Tony O’Malley made 11,000 and an oil on canvas by Jill Dennis made 9,000.
James Sinton Sleator self-portrait. (click to enlarge) UPDATE: THIS WAS UNSOLD
Man and Wife by F.E. MacWilliam at de Veres. It is estimated at 10,000-15,000. (click to enlarge) UPDATE: THIS MADE 9,200
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