Basil Blackshaw’s Blond Traveller is one of a number of Irish lots at Bonhams sale of Modern British and Irish Art at New Bond Street in London on November 18. In 1984/85 the artist undertook a series of traveller paintings using sitters that he had met and become interested in. The works were acclaimed for their raw colour and immediacy. Blond Traveller is estimated at £18,000-25,000.
A John Lavery view of house tops, Tetuan (37 miles east of Tangier) is estimated at £20,000-30,000, as is a west of Ireland oil by Paul Henry entitled Cabins on a Lough. The auction features 12 pieces by the acclaimed British sculptor Dame Elisabeth Frink, who died in 1993. A seated nude by Roderic O’Conor is estimated at £8,000-12,000. Other Irish artists featured include Daniel O’Neill, Gerard Dillon and Louis le Brocquy in a catalogue of 101 works in total. Whytes, de Veres, Adams and Morgan O’Driscoll will all hold auctions of Irish art in Dublin in coming weeks. UPDATE: The Henry and the Blackshaw were both unsold.
Blond Traveller by Basil Blackshaw at Bonhams in London next Wednesday.
Cabins by a Lough, West of Ireland by Paul Henry
