Until we Meet Again by Jack B Yeats comes up at Christie’s Modern British Art evening sale in London on March 1. Painted in 1949 it personifies his expressionistic style of the late 1940’s. Characterised by dynamic brush strokes and thick impasto Christie’s say that Yeats’s treatment of the medium can be readily compared to the paintings of his European Expressionist contemporaries, most notably the work of his good friend Oskar Kokoschka. The work is estimated at £500,000-800,000. UPDATE: THIS MADE £598.500
An Edwardian dolls house, a marble topped giltwood console table and a Victorian rosewood work table are among the lots at Woodwards online only auction of antiques, fine art and collectibles ON February 13. This first sale of 2021 by the Cork auctioneers will include three house contents from residences in Douglas and Carrigaline. The selection on offer includes an inlaid walnut demi lune card table (€500-€800), a William IV breakfast table (€400-€500), a set of Georgian dining chairs (€400-€600), a large Iranian rug (€400-€600), a Georgian Pembroke table (€200-€400), a Coalbrookdale garden seat (€600-€800), a Georgian bureau bookcase (€400-€600), an Edwardian tea table (€200-€400) and a longcase clock by Sterling, Limerick (€400-€600). The dolls house is estimated at €300-€400, the Louis XV style console table at €400-€600 and the worktable at €300-€400. The auction will include a selection of mirrors, glassware, marine items, porcelian and paintings.
Edwardian dolls house UPDATE: THIS MADE 310 AT HAMMER
One of a pair of Art Deco style club armchairs at Hegarty’s timed online auction which runs from now until February 9. There is art, jewellery, glass and collectibles among more than 340 lots. The armchairs are estimated at 3,000-4,000 and the catalogue for the sale is online. UPDATE: THE ARMCHAIRS SOLD FOR 2,500 AT HAMMER
A triptych portrait of cervical cancer campaigner Vicky Phelan sold for a hammer price of £46,500 at Sheppards in Durrow today. Sold for Heroes Aid, a newly registered charity dedicated to healthcare workers during the pandemic, it is by the Tullamore based artist Vincent Devine. Vicky Phelan’s narrative is conveyed as past, present and future acted out on Doonbeg beach in the west of Ireland. The left-hand panel is dominated by a powerful assemblage of equine flesh and bone whose forward motion is suddenly halted. The sitter engages directly with the viewer in the centre panel. Events, both joyful and traumatic are rendered symbolically. Her outstretched right hand supports a bird, a young crimson rosella, representative of her daughter; on her left hand, her son as a sapling oak. Beneath her left foot, a colonnade represents a legal triumph while shamrocks close to her heart are emblematic of the continuous support she has received from the people of Ireland and beyond. In the right-hand panel a horse is looking backwards and a flickering candle reminds the viewer of the fragility of life itself. The portrait was unveiled on the Late Late Show in January. Vicky Phelan is currently trialling a new cancer drug in the US.
EILIS O’CONNELL – CURVE TO EDGE Courtesy of Solomon Fine Art Copyright The Artist
Curve to Edge is the title of this bronze edition 1/3 by Eilis O’Connell RHA at the online Spring Group Show at Solomon Gallery in Dublin which opens today. It is priced at €55,000. The gallery remains temporarily closed to the public due to lockdown so the show, which runs to March 5, is mounted online. It features paintings, prints and sculpture by gallery and invited artists. The 2021 schedule at Solomon includes upcoming solo shows by Eilis O’Connell RHA, James Hanley RHA, Bridget Flinn and Margo Banks.
An 18th century mahogany Chippendale bookcase was the top lot at the opening morning session of Sheppards three day sale of Belmont House and other important clients in Durrow today. It made a hammer price of 2,700 in a session where antique furniture attracted much competitive bidding. A George I walnut and herringbone inlaid low boy made 1,300 at hammer, an Irish 18th century silver table made 1,500, a Regency side table made 1,300, a Regency coffee table made 1,500, a 19th. century gilt over mantle made 1,100, a 19th century walnut centre table made 1,450, a Regency centre table made 1,700 and a satinwood and painted pier cabinet made 1,700. Waterfall, a tapestry wall hanging by Pauline Bewick made a hammer price of 5,600 in the afternoon session.
This late 19th century French brass six sided hall lantern from Hudson Antiques is part of the Decorative Antiques and Textiles Fair. This year the fair is taking the form of an online auction with 345 lots at Bonhams which runs until February 12. Lot 57 is estimated at £1,600-2,200.
After the auction successful buyers will be contacted by Bonhams to see if they would like to collect their purchased lots from the vendors premises or from Cadogan Tate in Park Royal, London. Oversized items such as garden sculpture which require heavy lifting equipment will only be available for collection from the vendors premises.
Sir Winston Churchill’s only wartime painting – Tower of the Koutoubia Mosque (1943) – will lead Christie’s Modern British Art evening sale on March 1. From the collection of Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie, who are divorcing, it is being offered for sale by the Jolie Family Collection. Painted in Marrakech following the Casablanca Conference in January 1943 – where it was agreed by the Allied forces that only complete surrender by the Axis powers would be acceptable – it is estimated at £1,500,000-2,500,000. Churchill invited Franklin D. Roosevelt to join him in Marrakech the day after the conference concluded, motivated by his desire to share the views of the city and the light at sunset. The view impressed Roosevelt so much that Churchill decided to capture the scene for him as a memento of their excursion. This act was seen not only as an indication of their friendship but of the special relationship between the UK and the USA.
The Hollywood couple bought the painting ten years ago at M.S. Rau in New Orleans.
Churchill began painting scenes of Morocco after being encouraged to visit the country by his painting tutor, Sir John Lavery. Upon his first visit in 1935, he felt that the light and scenery were unrivalled, creating some 45 paintings of the country. Tower of the Koutoubia Mosque stands out as the only painting he created between 1939 and 1945.
Sir Winston Churchill – Tower of the Koutoubia Mosque. UPDATE: THIS SOLD FOR £8,285,000, A WORLD AUCTION RECORD
It is only the first of the month but the Irish Antique Dealers Association (IADA) suggest that it is time to start thinking about Valentine’s Day. With the usual options unavailable during lockdown members suggest that it is time to look for a timeless and unusual Valentine gift for that special someone. Members have curated a selection of possible gifts from art and furniture to collectibles and jewellery, and these can be viewed on www.iada.ie
German Art Deco bronze, signed by Hermann Nonnenmacher, c1930, 20cm, priced at €2,800 courtesy of Niall Mullen Antiques.
Oriental objects, antique furniture, jewellery, vintage fashion, wine and art including a triptych portrait of Vicky Phelan will feature at Sheppards three day online sale next Wednesday, Thursday and Friday (February 3, 4 and 5). The Phelan portrait by Tullamore based artist Vincent Devine will be auctioned for the charity Heroes Aid which supports frontline Covid-19 workers.More than 1,300 lots will come under the hammer including a Chenghua (1447-1487) blue and white bowl (€20,000-€30,000), a 19th century bone barleycorn chess set (€400-€600), an oil on canvas of Cleopatra after Guido Reni in a carved gilded Florentine frame (€4,000-€6,000), garden furniture including cast iron seats, some Cork glass and a 19th century pine kitchen table. The catalogue for Belmont House and other important clients is online at www.sheppards.ie
UPDATE: THE portrait of Vicky Phelan sold for 46,500 at hammer, the bone barleycorn chess set made 700 and the painting after Guido Reni made 2,800.
Chinese Ming blue and white bowl (€20,000-€30,000). UODATE: THIS MADE 18,000 AT HAMMER
