Archive for the ‘ART’ Category
Monday, October 25th, 2010
The Lee by Sunday's Well by John Claude Bosanquet. It is estimated at 2,000-4,000. (click to enlarge) UPDATE: IT MADE 1,800
THE Woodwards autumn sale of silver and art on November 3 will feature 140 lots
A silver tea set by William Egan. It is estimated at 3,000-5,000. (click to enlarge) UPDATE: IT MADE 2,000
of silver and 60 of art. Irish silver on offer includes a three piece tea service on tray by William Egan of Cork and a 1771 silver salver by John Locker, Dublin. There are pieces by Irish makers including Carden Terry, John Dalrymple, Mathew West, James le Bas, Robert Breading, Richard Sawyer, Samuel Neville, William Bateman, Philip Weekes, William Cummins, Joseph Kinselagh, John Fountain and Charles Townsend.
The art sale features a private Cork collection put together over 40 a period of years including a 19th century watercolour by John Claude Bosanquet of the River Lee by Sunday’s Well, Cork. The sale is on Wednesday, November 3 at 6 p.m.
UPDATE: WOODWARDS were generally happy with this sale and sold a high percentage of lots. However, the hammer came down at or below the low estimates.
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Saturday, October 23rd, 2010
This vivid 1796 view of Killarney's lakes is by Jonathan Fisher. It is one of a set of 12 views to be sold at Sotheby's in London on November 4. (click to enlarge) UPDATE: IT MADE £3,500
Some of the earliest acquatint views of Ireland, a set of 12 hand coloured plates of scenic locations amid Killarney’s lakes, will feature at the Sotheby’s auction of Travel, Atlases, Maps and Natural History in London on November 4.
Lot 39, by Jonathan Fisher, is a description of the Lakes of Killarney illustrated with twelve prints of its most interesting views. It was published in London in June of 1796.
Each of the 12 hand coloured plates in the oblong folio carries the imprint: “London, Published by J. Fisher, June 1796”. The set of 12 views was intended as a supplement (though complete in itself) to Fisher’s Scenery of Ireland, published in 1792-95.
There is a set of these rare views in the collection of the Crawford Gallery in Cork. If anything this should add to the interest of collectors. Sotheby’s estimate the lot at £2,000-£3,000.
UPDATE; THE VIEWS SOLD FOR £3,500 INCLUDING BUYERS PREMIUM.
Tags: Aquatints, Crawford Gallery, Jonathan Fisher, Killarney, Lakes, sotheby's
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Friday, October 22nd, 2010
Solomon Fine Art, Rathmore, Naas, Co. Kildare has issued a timely reminder about what promises to be a most interesting lecture on Sunday, October 24. The National Gallery of Ireland will host a lecture at 3 p.m. on this Bank Holiday Sunday to celebrate the 150th anniversary of the birth of renowned Irish artist Roderic O’Conor. The talk, entitled ‘A Life in Art’, will be given by leading O’Conor expert Dr. Roy Johnston.
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Wednesday, October 20th, 2010
A cathedral of cans by Patrick O'Reilly. (click to enlarge)
Gossip by Patrick O'Reilly. (click to enlarge)
A twenty five foot cathedral constructed from over 5000 empty baked bean tin cans takes pride of place at an exhibition by Patrick O’Reilly at the Oliver Sears Gallery, Molesworth St., Dublin. “Six Impossible things before Breakfast” is the title of the bronze and metal objects exhibition. It is borrowed from a famous passage in Alice in Wonderland. Kilkenny born O’Reilly has his main studio in Drumcondra’s St. Alphonsus Church.
This show demonstrates unusual versatility in multiple media. The exhibition runs until November 20.
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Wednesday, October 20th, 2010
Blue Bottle and Apples by Camille Souter, estimated at 7,000-10,000. (click to enlarge) UPDATE: IT MADE 14,000
Clouds at Sunset by Paul Henry, estimated at 30,000-50,000. (click to enlarge) UPDATE: IT MADE 55,000
Cecil King, Baggot St. Series exhibited at Cork Rosc 1980, estimated at 4,000-6,000. (click to enlarge) UPDATE: IT MADE 3,200
Patrick Graham self-portrait, estimated at 2,000-4,000. (click to enlarge) UPDATE: IT MADE 4,600
THESE WORKS FROM THE BANK OF IRELAND ART COLLECTION WILL BE OFFERED AT ADAMS IN DUBLIN ON WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 24. THERE WILL BE 155 LOTS IN THE SALE.
SEE POST ON antiquesandartireland.com FOR OCTOBER 13.
The Liffey Upstream by Barrie Cooke, estimated at 3,000-5,000. (click to enlarge) UPDATE: IT MADE 4,200.
Tags: adams, art, bank of ireland, collection, sale
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Sunday, October 17th, 2010
Andy Warhol’s Dollar Sign. (click to enlarge)
The
Sotheby’s October sales series of 20th Century Italian Art and Contemporary Art brought in £40.1 million, far surpassing the total for Sotheby’s equivalent sales series in October 2009 of £20 million. The sale of six paintings from the Jerry Hall Collection of art brought in £2,489,775, and exceeded pre-sale expectations of £1.5 million.
Andy Warhol’s Dollar Sign was gifted by the artist to Jerry Hall in recognition of her help with the production of his television show, Warhol TV. It sold for £217,250, far above its high estimate of £120,000-150,000
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Thursday, October 14th, 2010
The
Christie’s evening auctions of Post-War and Contemporary Art and The Italian Sale in London on October 14 realised a combined total of £38,213,050 / €43,371,811. The top price was paid for Cavaliere by Marino Marini (1901-1980) which led record-breaking Italian Sale. It made £4,465,250 /€5,068,059, a world record price for the artist at auction. In total, 6 lots sold for over £1 million and 18 for over $1 million.
An epic butterfly painting by Damien Hirst – I am Become Death, Shatterer of Worlds – made £2,169,250 /€2,462,099, the top price in the post war and contemporary sale. It had been estimated at £2.5 million to £3.5 million. In this sale 40% of lots sold above estimate and record auction prices were established for Ged Quinn, Kelley Walker, Otto Piene, Roman Opalka and Liza Lou.
The corresponding auctions in October 2009 realised a combined total of £17 million, with 3 works selling for over £1 million and 5 for over $1 million.
Francis Outred, International Director and Head of Post-War and Contemporary Art, Christie’s Europe: ‘This is an exciting week in London as art lovers from around the world congregate in London for the events and sales surrounding Frieze. We have welcomed thousands of people through our doors for our exhibitions of modern and contemporary art this week, which have included the works offered this evening as well as highlights from New York. The buzz surrounding this week was evident in the saleroom which had a great atmosphere and which gathered a packed crowd, including many collectors new to Christie’s.”
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Thursday, October 14th, 2010
An Irish William IV astral glazed breakfront bookcase by Mack, Williams and Gibton, estimated at 15,000-25,000. (click to enlarge) UPDATE: IT SOLD FOR 14,000.
Curraghs at Roundstone by Eva Hamilton (1876-1960), estimated at 6,000-9,000. (click on image to enlarge) UPDATE: IT SOLD FOR 9,000
ANTIQUE Irish furniture features strongly in a 589 lot sale at Loughcrew, Oldcastle, Co. Meath on Sunday October 17 at noon. The sale will be conducted by auctioneer Damien Matthews who has a number of pieces by the Dublin makers Mack, Williams and Gibton.
The origins of this firm can be traced to the latter part of the 18th century when John Mack established a cabinet-making business in Abbey Street, Dublin. Around 1801 he was joined by Robert Gibton, who had also worked as an auctioneer. By 1803 the business had moved to larger premises in Stafford Street and in 1806 was appointed `Upholsterers & Cabinet Makers to his Majesty, His Excellency and Lord Lieutenant and His Majesty’s Board of Works’. Robert Gibton was succeeded by his son, William Gibton. A former apprentice, Zachariah Williams, who had married Robert Gibton’s daughter, joined the management creating the new partnership of Mack, Williams & Gibton, which retained its Royal Warrant for many years.
There are around 30 paintings on offer and a collection of jewellery from a titled lady.
Viewing is on Friday and Saturday October 15 and 16 from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. and from 10 a.m. to the start of the sale at noon on Sunday, October 17. Around three miles from Oldcastle, Loughcrew is under one hour from the M50 exit at the M3/Cavan junction.
UPDATE: Around 65 per cent of lots on offer in this sale found buyers.
Good Morning Mr. Goya by Colin Middleton is estimated at 5,000-8,000. (click to enlarge) UPDATE: IT MADE 6,000
This set of eight Victorian Chippendale style dining chairs is estimated at 2,500-3,500. (click to enlarge) UPDATE: THEY MADE 2,400
Tags: antique irish, auction, auctions, county meath, damien, leinster, lot sale, loughcrew, mack, matthews, meath, oldcastle, robert gibton, zachariah williams
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Wednesday, October 13th, 2010
A Gerard Dillon work from the Bank of Ireland collection (click to enlarge) UPDATE: IT MADE 50,000
A fascinating auction of Irish art with a strong emphasis on the 1970’s is due to come under the hammer at James Adam in Dublin on November 24. This is the first of what will be a series of sales in
A le Brocquy head from the Bank of Ireland collection (click to enlarge) UPDATE: IT MADE 50,000
coming years of the Bank of Ireland Art Collection.
Long before the foundation of the
Irish Museum of Modern Art (IMMA) the bank developed one of the largest and most impressive corporate collections in the country. Bank of Ireland started to collect
Irish art in the 1970’s and won a European award in 1978 for the quality of its collection. In latter years the group donated significant pieces, including its only work by
Yeats, a late oil entitled Eileen Aroon, to IMMA.
Proceeds from the first major Irish corporate collection to be sold will go to charity. Overall the collection of around 2,000 works is valued at between four and five million euro. The rest of the collection is to be auctioned piecemeal over a number of years.
When putting together the lots for this first sale Adams set out to be comprehensive. “We wanted to be representative of what was in the collection and to ensure there would not be a large number of works by one particular artist”, Adams Director Stuart Cole said. Highlights are to go on view at the Ava Gallery, Clandeboye, Belfast from October 21 to November 11, and around 50 works will be toured to the
Glucksman Gallery in Cork from October 28 to October 31. The entire sale will be on view at James Adam in Dublin from November 20 until the auction on Wednesday, November 24.
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Monday, October 11th, 2010
Sotheby’s will offer
Francis Bacon’s Figure In Movement in New York in November. This is the most significant Bacon painting to appear at auction in several seasons. The 1985 portrait of a man twisting and writhing, demonstrates the artist’s genius in painting the human figure in motion. It was given by Bacon to his doctor in the year it was painted.
Figure In Movement has been in the same collection ever since. It featured in the 2008 landmark exhibition Francis Bacon: A Centenary Retrospective at the
Metropolitan Museum of Art which began at
Tate Britain. It was also shown at the
Museo Nacional del Prado in Madrid. The painting has been on extended loan to Tate Britain for the past decade. It comes up at
Sotheby’s Evening Sale of Contemporary Art on November 9, 2010 in New York. It is estimated to sell for $7/10 million.
UPDATE: It sold for $14,082,500 including buyer’s premium.
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