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    ART COLLECTION OF MARIO TESTINO AT SOTHEBY’S

    Monday, May 29th, 2017

    The art collection of celebrated photographer Mario Testino will be sold across two auctions at Sotheby’s on September 13 and 14 and an online only sale of the photographs he collected. Proceeds from the sales will benefit Museo Mate in Lima, Peru.  The sale will be preceded by an exhibition – “Shake it Up” – at Sotheby’s in London.  More than 400 works will be displayed. “Art had a transformative effect on my life and I want to give people this same opportunity. I hope through Museo MATE and all its activities we can do that”  he said.

    A collector for over three decades Testino supported many leading artists before they became established names.  There are artists of 45 different nationalities in the sale.  They range from  renowned international artists including Richard Prince, Georg Baselitz, Wolfgang Tillmans, Rudolf Stingel, Sterling Ruby, Gilbert & George and Cindy Sherman, to emerging names from every corner of the globe.

    Wolfgang Tillmans Eclipse 2-3 (1998) (£40,000-60,000)

    Richard Prince Untilted (Girlfriend) 1993 (£250,000-350,000)

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    THE JAMES ADAM SALE OF IMPORTANT IRISH ART IN DUBLIN

    Wednesday, May 24th, 2017

    The evening sale of Important Irish Art by James Adam in Dublin on May 31 contains 161 lots and includes art from the collection of the late Gillian Bowler.  She collected Irish art from the late ’70’s onwards by artists including Louis le Brocquy, Barrie Cooke, Tony O’Malley, Basil Blackshaw, T.P. Flanagan, Patrick Collins, Stephen McKenna, Rowan Gillespie and others.  Bowler was founding chairman of the Irish Museum of Modern Art.  The catalogue is online. Here is a small selection:

    Jack Butler Yeats RHA (1871-1957)
    Early Morning, Cliffony (1941) (25,000-35,000)  UPDATE: THIS MADE 70,000 AT HAMMER

    Paul Henry RHA (1877-1958) Gubellaunaun from the Bog (30,000-40,000)  UPDATE: THIS MADE 36,000 AT HAMMER

    Sean Keating PRHA HRSA HRA (1889-1978)
    The Turf Quay, Aran (40,000-60,000)UPDATE: THIS MADE 40,000 AT HAMMER

    Nathaniel Hone RHA (1831-1917)
    Dans Les Vignes (20,000-30,000)  UPDATE: THIS MADE 32,000 AT HAMMER

    Louis le Brocquy HRHA (1916-2012)
    Fan Tailed Pigeons (528) (40,000-60,000) UPDATE: THIS MADE 58,000 AT HAMMER

    Tony O’Malley HRHA (1913-2003)
    Winter Lines and Shapes UPDATE: THIS MADE 1,900 AT HAMMER (2,000-4,000)

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    THE COLLECTION OF A PRINCE AT MEALY’S SUMMER SALE

    Wednesday, May 24th, 2017

    Fine and decorative art, antiques, garden furniture, statuary and interiors will feature at Mealy’s summer sale in Castlecomer, Co. Kilkenny on May 30.  The auction of 700 lots will include the collection of the late Prince and Princess Guirey, who had a home at Dunshaughlin, Co. Meath.  His title is a Khanate of the Crimea, formed in 1449 as an independent state by clans of the Mongolian Golden Horde.  Among his ancestors are Haci Giray first ruler of the region, believed to be a descendent in the 11th generation of Genghis Khan (1162-1227) founder of the Mongol Empire. She was daughter of Lady Omerod of Nassau in the Bahamas and the late Frederick Sigrist, aviation pioneer and one of the founders of Hawker Siddeley.  The catalogue is online. Here is a small selection:

    A BOW-FRONTED MAHOGANY DEMI-LUNE SIDE CABINET (200-300)  UPDATE: THIS MADE 140 AT HAMMER

    UNUSUAL SMALL LIGHT-BLUE AND IRON-RED CHINESE PORCELAIN VASE (600-800) UPDATE: THIS MADE 1,100 AT HAMMER

    A 19TH CENTURY FOLD OUT THAI MANUSCRIPT (500-800) UPDATE: THIS MADE 440 AT HAMMER

    GEORGE III PERIOD MAHOGANY CHEST-ON-CHEST (800-1,200)  UPDATE: THIS  MADE 1,900 AT HAMMER

    HELMUT NEWTON (1920-2004), ‘Sumo Monte Carlo, Tashkin 1999’ number 09924, of a worldwide edition of ten thousand copies. (3,000-5,000)  UPDATE: THIS MADE 3,200 AT HAMMER

    A CLEVER VICTORIAN OVAL SILVER POCKET FLASK, by Leuchap London & Paris (250-350)  UPDATE: THIS MADE 260 AT HAMMER

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    HUGE INTEREST IN WHYTE’S UPCOMING ART SALE

    Tuesday, May 23rd, 2017

    Headed by a William Scott Blue Still Life estimated at 400,000-600,000 Whyte’s sale at the RDS on May 29 will attract both Irish and international interest.  Other prime lots include a Louis le Brocquy tapestry of Adam and Eve created in 1951  (80,000-100,000) and a rare wood carving by F.E. McWilliam entitled Man and Wife (70,000-90,000).  An iconic 1960’s image of Twiggy in front of a painting by Bridget Riley by American photographer Bert Stern is estimated at 5,000-7,000 and a 1938 landscape by Paul Henry is estimated at 100,000-150,000.  The catalogue is online. Here is a small selection:

    (See post on antiquesandartireland.com for May 15, 2017)

    Frederick Edward McWilliam RA HRUA (1909-1992) MAN AND WIFE, 1934 (70,000-90,000)  UPDATE: THIS MADE 70,000 AT HAMMER

    Barrie Cooke HRHA (1931-2014) RECLINING NUDE, 1965 (10,000-15,000)  UPDATE: THIS MADE 9,500 AT HAMMER

    Louis le Brocquy HRHA (1916-2012) ADAM AND EVE IN THE GARDEN, 1951-1952 (80,000-120,000) UPDATE: THIS MADE 140,000 AT HAMMER

    Paul Henry RHA (1876-1958) AN IRISH BOG, c.1938 (100,000-150,000)  UPDATE: THIS MADE 130,000 AT HAMMER

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    AN EXTRAORDINARY HOUSE CONTENTS SALE IN LONDON

    Saturday, May 20th, 2017
    The Belgrave Square home of Irish tycoon Edward Haughey has been described as the Downton Abbey of our times.  Contents from his extraordinary London home – which formed a backdrop to life at the highest levels of British society – will come under the hammer at Sotheby’s on May 23 and 24.
    The Kilcurry, Co. Louth born pharmaceutical magnate Lord Ballyedmond (no relation of the late Taoiseach)  who died in a helicopter crash in 2014 was a keen collector with very deep pockets. Inspired by the Regency and neoclassical designs of Robert Adam he transformed a once dormant property in one of London’s most prestigious squares into a modern evocation of a great Georgian town house. Along the way he amassed a collection of paintings, tapestries, porcelain, silver and furniture.
    Among the lots are a silver wine cistern capable of accommodating over 70 bottles of champagne. This is a 1992 reproduction of a 1719 original by Paul de Lamerie and is estimated at £80,000-120,000. A 19th century dinner service with the arms of the Thurn & Taxis family is estimated at £2,500-3,500, a portrait by Sir Joshua Reynolds of Mrs. Richard Pennant has an estimate of £20,000-30,000 and a Louis XV tapestry is estimated at £12,000-18,000. Other lots include a silver aviary, chandeliers, marble sculptures, clocks and collectibles.

    Born in 1944 Lord Ballyedmond is renowned as only the second person in history after the Marquess of Lansdowne in the 1920’s to have sat in the upper houses of both the Irish and British  parliaments. A second sale, the Ballyedmond collection part II: Gentlemen’s Accessories Online, will open on May 23.  It will feature objects like cufflinks, tie pins and watches by makers including Cartier, Van Cleef and Arpels, Boucheron and Tiffany. Estimates range from £150 to £6,000.

    UPDATE:  THE sale totalled £4.4 million with bidders from every continents and a sell through rate of 94.3%.  Most lots went able the high estimate.

    The dining room at Belgrave Square.

    The parlour at Belgrave Square.

    A reproduction silver wine cistern capable of holding 70 bottles of champagne modelled on a 1719 original by Paul de Lamerie (£80,000-120,000).  UPDATE: THIS WAS THE TOP LOT OF THE SALE AND MADE £112,500

    Sir Joshua Reynolds – Portrait of Mrs. Richard Pennant 1816 (£20,000-30,000).  UPDATE: THIS SOLD FOR £25,000

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    PINK FLOYD BOX SETS AT MORGAN O’DRISCOLL

    Friday, May 19th, 2017

    Fans of Pink Floyd will find lots of interest at Morgan O’Driscoll’s online sale of art, which runs until May 22. Among 354 lots are a limited edition collage box set of Dark Side of the Moon by Storm Thorgerson (1944-2013) estimated at 200-400;  there is a similar estimate on two similar pyramid box sets, each signed and numbered.  The catalogue is online. Here is a small selection:

    Storm Thorgerson (1944-2013)
    Pink Floyd – Dark Side of The Moon 0303 Box Set – Collage (200-400)  UPDATE: THIS WAS UNSOLD

    Storm Thorgerson (1944-2013)
    Pink Floyd – The Dark Side of the Moon-0303 Box Set – Pyramid (200-400)  UPDATE: THIS WAS UNSOLD

    John Schwatschke (b.1943) Soft Day, Thomastown (500-750)  UPDATE: THIS MADE 460 AT HAMMER

    Pauline Doyle (20th/21st Century)
    Still Life – Apples and Red Currants (300-500)  UPDATE: THIS MADE 360 AT HAMMER

    Ronald Ossory Dunlop RA RBA MEAC (1894-1975) Moored at the Quayside (200-400)  UPDATE: THIS MADE 180 AT HAMMER

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    BASQUIAT BREAKS $100 MILLION BARRIER

    Friday, May 19th, 2017

    Untitled by Jean-Michel Basquiat

    Jean-Michel Basquiat’s Untitled from 1982 sold for $110.5 million at Sotheby’s in New York last night. This was an auction record for a work by an American artist.  It was purchased by Yusaku Maezawa, founder of e-commerce giant Start Today and ZOZOTOWN, the virtual mall on Japan’s largest fashion e-commerce site. The painting will eventually be housed in a museum based in Mr. Maezawa’s hometown of Chiba, Japan.  It was the highest ever price for an artwork created post 1980, the 2nd highest price for any contemporary artwork at auction and the sixth highest price for any artwork ever sold at auction.

    “Tonight, Jean-Michel Basquiat entered the pantheon of artists whose works have commanded prices over $100 million, including Picasso, Giacometti, Bacon, and Warhol,” Grégoire Billault, Head of Sotheby’s Contemporary Art Department in New York commented. “This extraordinary canvas from 1982 has broken so many benchmarks – a record for any American artist at auction and for a work of art created post-1980, to name just two – but those of us lucky enough to have been in its presence will only remember it’s awesome power.  To think that it was created by a virtually-unknown 21-year old is humbling.  We are thrilled that it was purchased by Yusaku Maezawa for his planned museum so others will have a chance to experience its magic firsthand.”

    With participation from 39 countries the sale totalled $319,199,000 and was 96% sold by lot.  This was the 4th Consecutive Contemporary Art evening auction at Sotheby’s worldwide with a sell-through rate of over 90%.  There were artist records for Jean-Michel Basquiat, Jonas Wood, Wolfgang Tillmans, Mira Schendel, Blinky Palermo, Takeo Yamaguchi and Keith Haring.

    (See post on antiquesandartireland.com for April 27, 2017)

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    TWOMBLY AND BACON EACH MAKE MORE THAN $50 MILLION AT CHRISTIE’S

    Thursday, May 18th, 2017

    Cy Twombly (1928-2011) – Leda and the Swan

    The top lots at Christie’s Post War and Contemporary evening sale in New York last night were Cy Twombly’s  Leda and the Swan ($52,887,500) and  Francis Bacon’s Three Studies for a Portrait of George Dyer ($51,767,500).

    The 68 lots sold brought in $448 million and Christie’s say that the results rank among the strongest ever for this category in New York.  A total of 71 lots were offered and five sold for over $20 million.

    La Hara by Basquiat made $34.9 million, Red White and Brushstrokes by Lichtenstein made $28.2 million and Big Campbell’s soup can with can opener (vegetable) by Warhol made $27.5 million.

    (See posts on antiquesandartireland.com for February 24 and March 21, 2017)

    IN a post sales roundup Christie’s reported that the spring auction series totalled $842.5 million.   The week scored the highest total for an Impressionist and Modern evening sale at Christie’s since May 2010 and the strongest sell-through rates for a Post-War and Contemporary evening sale in a decade.

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    MALEVICH LEADS SOTHEBY’S NEW YORK SALE

    Wednesday, May 17th, 2017

    Kazimir Malevich’s Suprematist Composition with Plane in Projection sold for $21.2 million to lead Sotheby’s auction of Impressionist and Modern art in New York last night.  The sale, which saw exceptional prices for sculpture, brought in $173.8 million. There was a new record for Max Ernst whose Surrealist bronze from the Motherwell collection made $16 million. New auction records were also established for Diego Giacometti ($6.3 million), Jean Arp ($4.9 million) and Germaine Richier ($3 million).  The Impressionist sale was led by a Monet view of the pond at Giverny which made $16 million.

    Simon Shaw, Co-Head of Sotheby’s Worldwide Impressionist & Modern Art Department, commented: “Collectors are ready to look in every corner of the marketplace  for the best of the best, be it sculpture, Impressionism, Modern or avant-garde works. When you offer something so rare, that hasn’t been seen at auction before, and is represented in the greatest museums, it ticks all the boxes. And today’s collectors are ready to go the extra mile to secure those special pieces – the excitement we saw around the Malevich and the Ernst reflects that. Taken together with our outstanding results achieved in London this past March, our flagship sales of Impressionist & Modern Art are up nearly 50% year to date – a statement on both the strength of the market and our performance for our clients.”

    Kazimir Malevich Suprematist Composition with Plane in Projection made $21.1 million

    Max Ernst Le Roi Jouant Avec La Reine (sold for $15.9 million)

    Claude Monet Le Bassin aux nymphéas ($15.9 million)

    Diego Giacometti Bibliothèque De L’île Saint-Louis (sold for $6.3 million)

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    CLASSIC 20TH CENTURY DESIGN AND CONTEMPORARY ART AT DE VERES

    Tuesday, May 16th, 2017

    More than 300 lots will come under the hammer at the de Veres Design Auction in Dublin on May 21.  The auction will include 100 lots of contemporary art.  There is 20th century furniture by designers like Charles and Ray Eames, Grete Jalk, Erik Jorgensen, Rolf Benz, Arne Jacobsen, Mies Van der Rohe, Hans Wegner, Bruno Mathsson, Pierre Paulin and Erik Buch.  Artists whose work will feature include Tony O’Malley, Patrick Scott, Barrie Cooke, William Scott and Hughie O’Donoghue.  The catalogue is online. Here is a small selection:

    Headland Landscape by William Crozier (1930-2011) (4,000-6,000)  UPDATE: THIS MADE 4,000 AT HAMMER

    A set of 10 French 1970’s dining chairs (1,500-2,500)  UPDATE: THESE MADE 2,600 AT HAMMER

    A pair of chairs by Grete Jalk for France and Sons (1,000-1,500)  UPDATE: THESE MADE 3,800 AT HAMMER

    A PAIR OF CHAIRS BY PIERRE PAULIN FOR ARTIFORT (1,000-1,500)  UPDATE: THESE MADE 850 AT HAMMER

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