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The first auction at de Veres new space in Kildare St., Dublin takes place on March 24. It will feature 92 lots of Irish art.  The renovation at Kildare St. will enable de Veres to conduct more select auctions of Irish Art and Contemporary furniture. New auction areas are also being explored. A photography sale and a book auction will be held here later in the year.  The catalogue for the art auction on March 24 is online. Here is a small selection.

Yvonne Moore – Dresser (1,400-1,800).  UPDATE: THIS MADE 1,400 AT HAMMER

Walter Frederick Osborne – A Pensive Moment (1894) (12,000-16,000).  UPDATE: THIS WAS UNSOLD

Pauline Bewick RHA – Still life with artichokes (2,000-3,000). UPDATE: THIS MADE 3,000 AT HAMMER

Roderic O’Conor – Waves Breaking on the shore at sunset (30,000-40,000).  UPDATE: THIS MADE 40,000 AT HAMMER

Colin Middleton – Red Landscape, 1962 (15,000-20,000).  UPDATE: THIS WAS UNSOLD

More than 300 paintings by modern Chinese artists estimated at more than US$23 million will come under the hammer at Sotheby’s Fine Chinese Paintings spring sale in Hong Kong on April 6.   Highlights include fresh-to-market works from the family collections of Zhang Daqian, Li Yanshan and Yuan Shikai.

Zhang Daqian’s Ancient Temple in the Mist

Wu Dacheng’s Calligraphy Couplet in Zhuanshu

The largest Southeast Asian art auction ever held at Sotheby’s promises to be a highlight of the Spring 2015 sales series in Hong Kong. More than 250 lots of Modern and Contemporary Southeast Asian art will come under the hammer on April 4 and 5. The sale is led by modern Indonesian and Filipino masterpieces: Hendra Gunawan’s Pandawa Dadu (The Dice Game from the Mahabharata Epic), one of only two large-format works on the Hindu epic by the artist ever to appear in the market, and Muslim Betrothal by Carlos Villaluz Francisco.

Hendra Gunawan’s Pandawa Dadu (The Dice Game from the Mahabharata Epic)

Carlos Villaluz Francisco’s Muslim Betrothal.

Masterworks from former Goldman Sachs chairman John C. Whitehead will form the cornerstone collection at Christie’s sales of Impressionist and Modern art in New York on May 14 and 15.  They include Modigliani’s Portrait of Beatrice Hastings and Monet’s Paysage de matin (Giverny). Other highlights are by Morisot, Renoir, Seurat and Van Gogh.  The 90-piece collection is expected to achieve more than $40 million.

John Whitehead, who died in February, was a passionate collector. He served as chairman of Goldman Sachs during its critical phase of global expansion. He was a key diplomatic figure at the end of the Cold War as Deputy Secretary of State during the Reagan administration, and as Chairman of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York. In the wake of 9/11 he was chairman of the Lower Manhattan Development Corporation, tasked with rebuilding the area around Ground Zero.

Amedeo Modigliani Portrait of Beatrice Hastings 1916 ($5-7 million). Courtesy Christie’s Images Ltd.. 2015  UPDATE: THIS MADE $16,069,000

Claude Monet, Paysage de matin (Giverny), oil on canvas, 1888. US$6-8 million Courtesy Christie’s Images Ltd. 2015  UPDATE: THIS SOLD FOR $4,533,000

Picasso, Freud, Henri de Toulouse Lautrec and many more  frontline artists feature at Christie’s sale of prints and multiples in London on March 18. The auction will feature a carefully curated selection of work by some of the most celebrated masters of printmaking.  There are 155 lots in total.  Christie’s say the auction offers new and existing collectors an exciting opportunity to acquire prints by acclaimed artists.  Here are some works from the sale.

Pablo Picasso – Buste de Femme au Chapeau 1962 (£200,00-300,000) © Christie’s Images Limited 2015  UPDATE: THIS MADE £314,500

Lucian Freud – Eli 2002 (£80,000-120,000) © Christie’s Images Limited 2015  UPDATE: THIS MADE £104,500

Henri de Toulouse Lautrec – Partie de Compagne (£40,000-60,000) © Christie’s Images Limited 2015  UPDATE: THIS MADE £43,750

James Abbot McNeill Whistler – Wapping – The Pool (38,000-12,000). © Christie’s Images Limited 2015 UPDATE: THIS WAS UNSOLD

The Irish have descended on Cheltenham in droves this week but for exciting racing imagery there is no need to look further than Morgan O’Driscoll’s online art auction which runs to March 23.  The auction offers a great racing image by Peter Curling, the Tipperary based artist whose images of horses and horse racing are very widely appreciated. On offer is a limited edition lithograph, signed and numbered 317/500 of Aldaniti at the 1981 Grand National.  The work shows Aldaniti tearing through a fence and it is signed by Peter Curling (Artist), Bob Campion (Jockey), John Gilford (Trainor), Nick Embiricos (Owner) and is estimated at 200-400.  Aldaniti went on the win the Grand National all of 34 years ago.  There are 342 lots on the catalogue. Here is a small selection.

Peter Curling (b.1955)
Aldaniti, Grand National, Aintree 1981
limited edition lithograph signed & numbered 317/500
signed by Peter Curling (Artist), Bob Campion (Jockey), John Gilford (Trainor), Nick Embiricos (Owner) (200-400). UPDATE: THIS SOLD FOR 160

James Humbert Craig RHA RUA (1878-1944)
Coastal Landscape (2,000-3,000).  UPDATE: THIS WAS UNSOLD

Anthony Robert Klitz (1917-2000) British
St. Patrick’s Bridge, Cork (1,000-1,500).   UPDATE: THIS SOLD FOR 1,800

Kenneth Webb RWA FRSA RUA (b.1927)
Connemara Landscape (2,500-3,500)  UPDATE: THIS SOLD FOR 3,400