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    KILCATHERINE LANDSCAPE THE TOP LOT AT KINGERLEE STUDIO SALE

    Monday, September 19th, 2011

    Kilcatherine Landscape by John Kingerlee made 9,000. (Click on image to enlarge).

    The top lot  at the John Kingerlee retrospective studio sale in Cork  was Kilcatherine Landscape.  It made 9,000 in a no reserve Morgan O’Driscoll auction against an estimate of 15,000-20,000.

    John Kingerlee 'Pneuma - Grid with Rocks, Sea & Sky' made 6,000. (Click on image to enlarge).

    In general works sold for from one quarter to one half of the lower estimate in a 136 lot sale which realised 128,000.  Dating from 1969 to 2010 they were offered by Kingerlee’s patron, the northern Irish businessman Larry Powell. He has promoted exhibitions by the west Cork based artist from America to China. Estimates ranged from 300 to 20,000. Morgan O’Driscoll has held a number of no reserve studio sales this year. In each of them a number of works have sold for below the low estimate.

    (See antiquesandartireland.com for August 20)

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    YEATS OIL ONCE IN DE VALERA’S OFFICE AT ADAMS

    Monday, September 19th, 2011

    JACK B YEATS RHA (1871-1957), A Fair Day, Mayo. (Click on image to enlarge). UPDATE: IT SOLD FOR ONE MILLION EURO.

    THIS 1925 oil by Jack B. Yeats, once lent by the artist to Éamon De Valera for his office in Suffolk Place, Dublin, is the top lot at the James Adam art auction in Dublin on Wednesday, September 28 at 6 p.m.  A Fair Day, Mayo last changed hands in 1944 when it was purchased at the Dawson Gallery for £250. The work is estimated at 500,000-800,000 now.

    In 1944 it was bought by J.P. Reihill senior, then resident at Deepwell in Blackrock, Co. Dublin. It has been in the Reihill family ever since. It has featured in a number of exhibitions, most notably Images of Yeats in Monte Carlo in 1990. Altogether there are 212 lots in the Adams sale.

     

    UPDATE:  This made one million euro at hammer to become the highest priced painting ever sold at auction in Ireland.

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    KILLARNEY TABLE AT WOODWARDS SALE

    Sunday, September 18th, 2011

    The Killarney table at Woodwards. UPDATE: IT MADE 6,000.

    A Killarney wood centre table is a feature lot at Woodwards sale in Cork on September 21.  It is estimated at 8,000-12,000.

    Detail from the Killarney table at Woodwards.

     

    The sale features a selection of Georgian, Regency, Victorian and Edwardian furniture. Artists whose work will feature include  Kenneth Webb, Elizabeth Brophy, Arthur Armstrong, Francis Danby, Robert Taylor Carson, Maurice Desmond, Somhairle MacCana and Marshall Hutson.

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    COWDRAY PARK SALE REALISES £7.9 MILLION

    Thursday, September 15th, 2011

    This English School portrait of a lady, circa 1595-1605, was the top lot.

    THE three day Cowdray Park sale by Christie’s in West Sussex realised £7.9 million  against pre-sale estimate of £5 million. The top lot was an English School portrait of a lady, circa 1595-1605.  The subject was traditionally identified as Queen Elizabeth I but is more probably Catherine Carey, Countess of Nottingham.  It made £325,250.

    The sale was 93% sold by lot and a total of 1,122 lots found buyers. Winning bidders came from 34 countries, with 72% from the UK.  Internet bidding represented 22% of registered bidders.

    Andrew Waters, Head of Private Collection and Country House Sales, London; and Gemma Sudlow, Specialist:: “ Christie’s has a long and distinguished history of important country house sales stretching back over 200 years; this week illustrated the global appeal of the traditional British country house sale in the 21st century”.

    Nine works from Cowdray Park, headed by Thomas Gainsborough’s full-length portrait of Mrs William Villebois which sold for a record  £6,537,250, made a collective total of  £10,974,000 at Christie’s in London in July.

    See posts on antiquesandartireland.com for September 14 and August 17.

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    ORPEN’S SELF-PORTRAIT MAKES £115,250 AT COWDRAY PARK

    Wednesday, September 14th, 2011

    ORPEN'S Self-Portrait.

    A self-portrait by Sir William Orpen made a hammer price of £115,250 at the first day of the three day Cowdray Park sale in west Sussex on September 13.  The oil on canvas, entitled Self Portrait: Hand and Gloves Resting on Cane  had been estimated by Christie’s at £150,000-250,000.  It had been acquired  from the artist by Mrs. Gertrude Kinnell, sister of Annie, later 1st Viscountess Cowdray, as a gift in 1927.

    Many of the items in the first day of the sale made way over the estimate.  Christie’s had estimated that the three day sale would realise around £5 million, but as it turned out the first day brought in £5.7 million.  One possible reason for this is the Downton Abbey effect. Most of the items in the auction were collected between 1909 and 1929, the exact period in which the hugely successful television series is set.

    (See antiquesandartireland.com posts for August 6, 10 and 17)

     

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    COPLEY’S 1763 PORTRAIT GOES TO MILWAUKEE

    Tuesday, September 13th, 2011

    Copley's Portrait of Alice Hooper.

    A 1763 painting by an American artist whose parents were from Ireland has just been acquired by the Milwaukee Art Museum in Wisconsin.  John Singleton Copley’s (1738–1815) portrait of Alice Hooper is a masterpiece, even though he was only 25 when he painted it. Copley is recognized as one of the great American artists of the day—and one of the first native-born painters to achieve success both at home and abroad.  The painting was featured on this website last December.

    Alice Hooper was the seventeen-year-old daughter of the wealthiest man in Marblehead, Massachusetts, Robert “King” Hooper. He commissioned the work to mark his daughter’s engagement to Jacob Fowle, Jr. The Hoopers were happy with the result and it secured Copley’s success. There were nine additional commissions for members of Alice’s immediate and extended families and Copley became famous for his portraits of Colonial New England.

    The portrait was a highlight of the Winter Antiques Show in New York earlier this year where it was featured by the Hirschl & Adler Galleries. John Singleton Copley’s father, Richard, came from Limerick, his mother Mary was a Singleton from Co. Clare. Boston’s Copley Square and Copley Plaza bear his name.

    The Milwaukee Art Museum is, in 2011, celebrating the 10th anniversary of its iconic Quadracci Pavilion, Santiago Calatrava’s first completed commission in the US. It has featured in Hollywood films, tv ads and shows and was named Time Magazine’s “Best Design of 2001.”

    (See antiquesandartireland.com post for December 28, 2010).

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    BOY’S HEAD BY LUCIAN FREUD AT SOTHEBY’S IN OCTOBER

    Monday, September 12th, 2011

    Boy's Head by Lucien Freud. It made £3,177,250.

    Boy’s Head dating from 1952 by Lucian Freud (1922-2011) will headline Sotheby’s Contempoary Art evening auction in London on October 13.  The work, from a seminal early period of the artist’s oeuvre, depicts Charlie Lumley, one of Freud’s most immediately recognisable subjects.

    An oil on canvas, it transmits a remarkable psychological intensity.  From a private collection it is estimated to make £3-4 million.

    UPDATE:  It made £3,177,250.

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    CONTEMPORARY ART FROM NORTON COLLECTION AT CHRISTIES

    Monday, September 12th, 2011

    Paul McCarthy (B. 1945) Tomato Head (Green) (Click to enlarge). UPDATE: THIS SOLD FOR $4.6 million

    Contemporary art from the Peter Norton Collection will be offered by Christie’s in New York in November.  The single owner collection,  to be offered at sales on November 8 and 9, is expected to realise around $25 million.

    Artists in the collection include Matthew Barney, Mark Bradford, Sophie Calle, Maurizio Cattelan, Robert Gober, Felix Gonzalez-Torres, David Hammons, Jim Hodges, Barbara Kruger, Paul McCarthy, Takashi Murakami, Yoshitomo Nara, Charles Ray, Fred Tomaselli, Kara Walker and Christopher Wool.

    A Silicon Valley pioneer Peter Norton created a series of highly successful software programs including the pioneering Norton™ AntiVirus.  He also became an active and adventurous collector of the work of emerging artists.  In 2000, over 1,000 works from the collection were gifted to 32 institutions.


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    TOP LOTS FROM THE JILL COX COLLECTION SALE AT ADAMS

    Wednesday, September 7th, 2011

    DANIEL O'NEILL's (1920-1974) The Decision was the top lot at the James Adam sale of the Jill Cox Collection in Dublin on September 7. It made 26,000 at hammer.

    This Killarney inlaid Library table was the top furniture lot at the James Adam sale of the Jill Cox Collection. It made 8,500 at hammer.

    The sale of the Jill Cox Collection at James Adam in Dublin on September 7 was highly successful.  There was much competitive bidding for a large number of collectable items including Irish glass, silver, porcelain, etchings and art.

    These were the two top lots at an auction where 89 per cent of the lots on offer found buyers.  The sale realised 418,000 at hammer against a lower end estimate of 350,000.

    See antiquesandartireland.com posts for August 24.

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    DUBLIN CONTEMPORARY AT VARIOUS VENUES

    Tuesday, September 6th, 2011

    Alice Neel, Richard at Age 5, 1945, oil on canvas. Copyright Estate of Alice Neel. Photo credit: Malcom Varon. (Click on image to enlarge).

    Dublin Contemporary, one of the most ambitious art exhibitions ever staged in Ireland, runs over the next eight weeks. It features paintings, sculpture, photography, installation art, performance art, videos and 12 street artists.

    Willie Doherty, Dead Pool II, 2011, c-print, mounted on aluminium. Courtesy of the Kerlin Gallery. (Click on image to enlarge).

    The former university site at Earlsfort Terrace is the hub and other venues include the Iveagh Gardens, the Douglas Hyde Gallery, the National Gallery of Ireland, Dublin City Gallery The Hugh Lane and the Royal Hibernian Academy.  It features new and recent works from artists including Willie Doherty, Dexter Dalwood, Jim Lambie, Thomas Hirschhorn and Teresa Margolles.
    There is a Willie Doherty retrospective at the Dublin City Gallery, an exhibition of American painter Alice Neel at the Douglas Hyde Gallery and works by international artists and a new commission by the Irish artist Brian O’Doherty at the National Gallery. There is work by American painter Lisa Yuskavage and  a new commission by Irish artist James Coleman at the RHA.
    The Dublin Contemporary theme is Terrible Beauty—Art, Crisis, Change & The Office of Non-Compliance.  Work by over 90 international and Irish artists is on show at multiple locations in Dublin until October 31. Curated by New York-based curator and writer, Christian Viveros-Fauné, and Franco-Peruvian artist and curator, Jota Castro, the title is taken from William Butler Yeats’s poem, Easter, 1916.  The plan is to hold Dublin Contemporary every five years.

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