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    • ELK HORNS AT FONSIE MEALY’S CASTLECOMER SALE

    June 27th, 2016

    A pair of fossilized Great Irish Elk horns and skull will come up at Fonsie Mealy’s Chatsworth Fine Art sale in Castlecomer on June 28 and 29.  The horns with 12 points are approximately six feet eight inches across. There is some chipping loss and repairs. From Dartrey House, Co. Monaghan they are estimated at 10,000-15,000.

    Another animal lot is a large late 19th Century tiger skin with snarling head and teeth. This is estimated at 1,000-1,500.

    The specimen of "Cervus Giganteus Hibernicus Gigantic Irish Deer"

    The specimen of “Cervus Giganteus Hibernicus Gigantic Irish Deer”

    A 19th century tiger skin.

    A 19th century tiger skin.

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    RECOVERED IRISH PAINTINGS COME TO SALE AT SOTHEBY’S

    June 26th, 2016

    irish sothPaintings by Yeats, Lavery and Henry are to be offered at Sotheby’s Irish art sale in London on September 13.  The three works were stolen from a house in Co. Wicklow in 2015 and are now being offered for sale by insurance company Chubb.  The combined estimate for the works is £47,000-70,000.

    The painting are Jack Butler Yeats’ The Fern in the Area, Paul Henry’s Landscape with Cottage, and Sir John Lavery’s Portrait de femme au chapeau.

    Charlie Minter, Sotheby’s Irish Art Specialist, said: “The remarkable recovery of these paintings has ensured that their fate looks immeasurably brighter and we look forward to finding new homes for them. The Lavery and Henry passed through our doors fifteen years ago and we’re thrilled to be able to offer them at auction again.”

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    OLD MASTERS DEPICT ROME IN THE 1750’S

    June 24th, 2016
    Giovanni Paolo Panini Rome, a view of the Forum looking towards the Capitol, 1751

    Giovanni Paolo Panini
    Rome, a view of the Forum looking towards the Capitol, 1751  UPDATE: THIS WAS UNSOLD

    Masterworks by Panini and Vernet which shed light on Rome’s extraordinary effervescence of the 1750’s are among the lots on offer at Sotheby’s Old Masters evening sale in London on July 6.  With its glorious monuments from Antiquity, masterpieces of the Renaissance and the Baroque, and a rarefied and international contemporary art scene, artists travelled from far and wide to be stimulated by this magnetic cauldron of art. The most successful of them were commissioned to record the favourite places of grand tourists and other foreign visitors. Such was the case for Claude Joseph Vernet who arrived in Rome in 1734 and who, with the leading local Roman painter of the time Giovanni Paolo Panini, would harness the city’s past and present, and together propel the art of landscape painting into a new era.

    Panini’s magnificent view of Rome from 1751 shows the artist at the height of his powers (estimate £1-1.5 million) and Vernet’s impressive Mediterranean views – Le Soir and Clair de lune – were painted in 1752, (estimate £3-5 million).  UPDATE:  THE VERNET’S WERE UNSOLD

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    SOME FURNITURE FROM COOLATTIN SALE BY SHEPPARDS

    June 23rd, 2016

    THERE is a selection of antique furniture from Ireland and abroad at Sheppards two day sale at Coolattin House in Co. Wicklow on June 28 and 29.  The catalogue is online.  Here is a small selection:

    Pair of Chinese Qing period lacquered cabinets on stand (5,000-7,000)

    Pair of Chinese Qing period lacquered cabinets on stand (5,000-7,000)

    One of a pair of 18th century French ormolu mounted commodes (15,000-20,000)

    One of a pair of 18th century French ormolu mounted commodes (15,000-20,000)

    A 19th century ormolu mounted satinwood, marquetry and painted side cabinet (12,000-18,000)

    A 19th century ormolu mounted satinwood, marquetry and painted side cabinet (12,000-18,000)

    One of a pair of late 19th century Dublin cabinets (8,000-12,000)

    One of a pair of late 19th century Dublin cabinets (8,000-12,000)

    A 19th century Chinese lacquered jardiniere (!,200-1,800)

    A 19th century Chinese lacquered jardiniere (!,200-1,800)

     

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    A SUNDAY SALE OF IRISH ART AT DE VERES ON MONDAY!

    June 22nd, 2016

    The Sunday Sale of Irish art at de Veres is now to take place on Monday.  The venue is Buswells Hotel in Dublin on June 27.  The date was changed after Ireland’s win over Italy meant the country played France in Lyon on June 26.  The score was 2-1 in favor of France and Ireland moved out of the competition. There are 150 lots with estimates ranging from 100 to 5,000.  The catalogue is online. Here is a small selection:

    Charles Tyrell, b.1950 UNTITLED (watercolour~) 300-500

    Charles Tyrell, b.1950
    UNTITLED (watercolour~) 300-500

    Michael Cullen, Contemporary PORTRAIT OF THE ARTIST WITH MIRROR (600-900)

    Michael Cullen, Contemporary
    PORTRAIT OF THE ARTIST WITH MIRROR (600-900)

    Hughie O'Donoghue b.1953 BELLACORICK, MOUTH OF THE TURNING RIVER I (3,000-5,000)

    Hughie O’Donoghue b.1953
    BELLACORICK, MOUTH OF THE TURNING RIVER I (3,000-5,000)

    Alicia Boyle 1908-1997 ROISIN ISLAND, BURTONPORT (300-500)

    Alicia Boyle 1908-1997
    ROISIN ISLAND, BURTONPORT (300-500)

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    A NEW RECORD PRICE FOR A CUBIST MASTERPIECE

    June 21st, 2016
    FEMME ASSISE

    FEMME ASSISE

    Pablo Picasso’s Cubist masterpiece Femme assise sold for £43.3 million at Sotheby’s in London tonight.  This is a new record price for any Cubist work at auction and the highest price for any work sold in London in over five years.

    Femme assise of 1909 came to the market tonight having remained in a private collection since 1973 when it was acquired for £340,000. The sale also saw a record for a portrait by Amedeo Modigliani, as Jeanne Hébuterne (au foulard) of 1919 mde £38.5 million, the second-highest price for a painting sold in London in over five years. The evening sale of  Impressionist & Modern Art at Sotheby’s totalled £103,280,000.

    The price paid for Femme Assise was the highest price in London since the sale of Alberto Giacometti’s Walking Man I at Sotheby’s London in 2010 for £65 million.

    (See posts on antiquesandartireland.com for June 5 and May 17, 2016 and World Sculpture Price Records)

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    UTAMARO SCORES WORLD RECORD FOR ANY JAPANESE PRINT IN PARIS

    June 21st, 2016
    Deeply Hidden Love (Fukaku shinobu koi) by Kitagawa Utamaro.

    Deeply Hidden Love (Fukaku shinobu koi) by Kitagawa Utamaro.

    There was a world record for any Japanese print at a Beaussant Lefèvre auction in association with Christie’s in Paris. Deeply Hidden Love (Fukaku shinobu koi) by Kitagawa Utamaro (1753?-1806) sold for 745,800 (including buyer’s premium).  It was part of the sale of the Portier Collection of Japanese Art at Drouot.

    Deeply Hidden Love is from the series Anthology of Poems: The Love Section and is on a rare pink mica ground.  The sale from a well known family of experts and collectors attracted European, American, Japanese and international collectors.  The auction brought in 1.5 million and all lots were sold.P

    In a post sale statement Eric Beaussant and Pierre-Yves Lefèvre, Géraldine Lenain, international director of Asian arts at Christie’s expert in Asian art Alice Jossaume said:  We are very pleased with the success of the sale and with our collaboration, which highlighted the wise selection of four generations of collectors and major figures of the Asian art market. Quality, rarity, provenance and high-end bids make this collection one that will remain in the books of great Japanese art sales in Paris”.

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    SEAN SCULLY’S MONTSERRAT MAKES £422,500 AT CHRISTIE’S

    June 21st, 2016
    Sean Scully - Montserrat

    Sean Scully – Montserrat

    Sean Scully’s Montserrat sold for £422,500 at Christie’s evening sale of Modern British and Irish art in London on June 20.  It was painted in 1996-97 and purchased by the vendor at Galerie Lelong in Paris in 2013.

    A Beach Scene by L.S. Lowry sold for £1.53 million, Midi by Bridget Riley made £902,500, Seated Figure by William Scott made £362,500, Mother and Child Block Seat by Henry Moore made £1.81 million and a Family Group by the same artist made £362,500 and Two Forms in Echelon by Barbara Hepworth sold for £662,500.

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    A CARPET MADE FOR THE SUN KING AT SOTHEBY’S

    June 20th, 2016

    From opulent carpets made for the Sun King and Frederick the Great’s armchair to the intriguing Rothschild Orpheus Cup and gems of scientific innovation the sale entitled Treasures at Sotheby’s in London on July 6 offers much to the serious and wealthy collector.  Inaugurated in 2010 this highly curated sale is one of the more notable of the year in decorative art.  Combining royal and aristocratic provenance with craftsmanship and freshness to market the selection this summer includes furniture, silver, vertu, clocks, sculpture and works of art.

    Henry House, Head of Sotheby’s Furniture and Decorative Arts Department, said: “Each of the 46 lots in the sale exemplifies the definition of treasure. Formerly the preserve of Kings, Princes and Popes, they celebrate the genius and craftsmanship of the greatest artists and artisans of their era.”

    A ROYAL CARPET FOR THE PALAIS DU LOUVRE PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF DIMITRI MAVROMMATIS A Louis XIV Savonnerie carpet for the galerie du Bord de l’eau (grande galerie), Palais du Louvre Paris Chaillot workshop of the Lourdet family, delivered on 10 June 1678 (£300,000-500,000)

    A ROYAL CARPET FOR THE PALAIS DU LOUVRE
    PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF DIMITRI MAVROMMATIS
    A Louis XIV Savonnerie carpet for the galerie du Bord de l’eau (grande galerie), Palais du Louvre Paris
    Chaillot workshop of the Lourdet family, delivered on 10 June 1678 (£300,000-500,000) UPDATE: THIS SOLD FOR £341,000

    SOUTH GERMAN, AUGSBURG, AROUND 1600 THE ROTHSCHILD ORPHEUS CUP (£600,000 - 800,000)

    SOUTH GERMAN, AUGSBURG, AROUND 1600
    THE ROTHSCHILD ORPHEUS CUP (£600,000 – 800,000)  UPDATE; THIS SOLD FOR £1,061,000

    CHAIR FOR FREDERICK THE GREAT A German rococo silvered armchair, attributed to Johann August Nahl, Potsdam, circa 1744-46 (£80,000-120,000)

    CHAIR FOR FREDERICK THE GREAT
    A German rococo silvered armchair, attributed to Johann August Nahl, Potsdam, circa 1744-46 (£80,000-120,000)  UPDATE: THIS WAS UNSOLD

     

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    TOGETHER AGAIN – TWO OF ONLY THREE KNOWN LIMERICK SILVER COFFEE POTS

    June 19th, 2016
    The last two of only three known Limerick Silver coffee pots have been brought together by antique silver dealer William Crofton, who is about to market them with a price tag that reflects their extreme rarity. He plans to seek £750,000 sterling for the two. At this price level William Crofton, who trades as L and W Duvallier based in Dublin and London, reckons that only about two collectors in Ireland would have both the passion and the money needed to acquire them.
    One coffee pot is plain and inscribed with the initials U I M, believed to be Isaac and Mary Unthank, members of a prominent Limerick Quaker family. Isaac Unthank married Mary Robinson in 1749.  The second coffee pot is pear shaped and engraved with the coat of arms of Petyt.  Both are by Joseph Johns.  Each one dates to around 1750-55.   A third coffee pot by maker Samuel Johns at the Limerick Civic Museum was once in the collection of William Crofton’s late father Gerry Crofton.  It is possible that other Limerick silver coffee pots are out there, but these three are the only known pieces.

    A plain Limerick silver coffee pot by Joseph Johns.

    A plain Limerick silver coffee pot by Joseph Johns.

    A pear shaped engraved Limerick silver coffee pot by Joseph Johns.

    A pear shaped engraved Limerick silver coffee pot by Joseph Johns.

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