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    • YEATS ONCE OWNED BY GEORGE BERNARD SHAW AT ADAMS

    November 25th, 2011

    A Yeats once in the possession of George Bernard Shaw is included in the James Adam  sale of Important Irish Art in Dublin on December 5.  Evening Kildare, which dates from 1936,  is one of 14 works that have come from the Beaulieu House collection.  They are being sold to finance the continuing upkeep of a property that has been in the same family since the 1660’s.

    The sale comprises 151 carefully chosen lots.  Here are a few of them – (See post on antiquesandartireland.com for November 9):-

    RODERIC O'CONOR (1860-1940) Femme Assise (60,000-80,000) UPDATE: THIS MADE 60,000 AT HAMMER.

    PAUL HENRY RHA RUA (1876-1958) Wind Blown Trees (80,000-120,000) UPDATE: THIS MADE 97,000.

    COLIN MIDDLETON RHA MBE (1910-1983) Jou Jou (1939) (50,000-70,000) UPDATE: THIS MADE 62,000

    WILLIAM CONOR RUA RHA (1884-1968) The Jaunting Car (No. 1) (35,000-55,000) UPDATE: THIS MADE 70,000.

     

    JACK BUTLER YEATS RHA (1871-1957) Evening, Kildare (1936) (30,00050,000) UPDATE: THIS MADE A HAMMER PRICE OF 36,000.

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    LIVING WITH ART – EUROPEAN PRIVATE COLLECTION AT CHRISTIE’S

    November 23rd, 2011

    A Picasso in the apartment. (Click to enlarge).

    Living with Art, an extraordinary private collection of 200 masterpieces from antiquity to contemporary art will be offered by Christie’s in London next February.  Collected with a focus on aesthetic quality it includes paintings, sculpture, furniture and works of art.  It will be offered on February 9 and 10, the same week as the annual spring auctions of impressionist and modern art.  The collection, which includes works by Picasso, Miró, Meléndez, Brueghel, Guston and Chillida, together with Gothic and Renaissance works of art and European furniture, is expected to realize from £25-£35 million.

    A work by Miro. (Click to enlarge).

    The deputy chairman of Christie’s Europe, Orlando Rock, said:  “This fascinating private collection is a celebration of a couple’s deeply sophisticated connoisseurship, embracing contrasting cultures and millennia.  Confident and brave, the couple was not afraid to juxtapose works of art from all periods as long as the key criteria of quality, condition and aesthetic value were met.  As the interior photographs of their apartment show each and every work was carefully placed to ensure a provocative conversation between different periods of time – Baroque picture frames with modern works on paper, antiquity side by side with contemporary, forms and colour picked out between Leger, tribal heads and specially woven wall coverings”.

    UPDATE:  The evening part of the sale on February 9, 2012 realised £30,060,200. The top lot was Personnages et oiseau devant le soleil, 1946 by Joan Miro. It made £5,081,250 and there was a world record price of £3.5 million for a still life by Louis Melendez.

    
				
    
				
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    INTEREST MOUNTS IN LYNES AND LYNES IRISH FURNITURE AUCTION
    
				November 22nd, 2011 
				
    
					
    Interest is mounting in the Lynes and Lynes auction at Carrigtwohill, Co. Cork on Saturday November 26.  It features some fine antique Irish furniture with impeccable provenance.    Among the houses the furniture is from are Dunkathel House in Cork and Castle Freke in west Cork. The catalogue is now on-line.  There is a small selection here and there are further posts about the sale on antiquesandartireland.comon November 12 and November 2.
    

    A pair of Irish Georgian mahogany and brass banded plate buckets with carrying handles. (4,000-6,000). UPDATE: IT MADE 3,800.
    

    An early Cork 19th century antique bookcase (40,000-60,000).  UPDATE: THIS WAS UNSOLD AND IS UNDER NEGOTIATION.
    

    A pair of early 19th century (Cork) mahogany side tables, (30,000-50,000).  UPDATE:  UNSOLD BUT UNDER NEGOTIATION.
    

    19th century gilt wood console table and matching mirror with shell decoration. (15,000-20,000).  UPDATE:  THIS WAS UNSOLD.
    

    An 18th century Irish Georgian mahogany dining table raised on triple pod supports with reeded splay feet and brass toe castors. (40,000-60,000).  UPDATE: THIS MADE 60,000.
    
				
    
				
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    GOYA PORTRAIT LEADS CHRISTIE’S SALE OF OLD MASTERS
    
				November 20th, 2011 
				
    
					
    The Goya portrait at Christies. UPDATE: THIS WAS UNSOLD.
    

    A Goya portrait  leads Christie’s Old Master and British paintings sale on December 6.  The portrait of Juan López de Robredo by Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes (1746-1828) is estimated at £4-£6 million.  There are 36 paintings in the sale spanning 500 years of European art history.  There is strong portraiture and a number of Dutch pictures in an auction expected to realize between £18-£26 million.
    

    The Battle between Carnival and Lent by Brueghel at Christie's. (Click on image to enlarge).  UPDATE: THIS MADE £6,873,250, A WORLD RECORD FOR THE ARTIST AT AUCTION.
    

    Other highlights include  The Battle between Carnival and Lent by Pieter Brueghel II (1564/5-1637/8) (£3.5-£4.5 million); a full length Portrait of Philip Stanhope, 5th Earl of Chesterfield (1755-1815), by Thomas Gainsborough (1727-1788) (£2.5-£3.5 million); Dutch men-o’-war and other shipping in a calm by Willem van de Velde II (1633-1707) (£1.5-£2.5 million); An old woman spinning in an interior by Nicolaes Maes (1632-1693), 1658 (£1-£1.5 million) and An old man at a casement, 1646, by Govaert Flinck (1615-1660) (£700,000-£1,000,000).
    

    UPDATE: THE sale realised £24,132,100, selling 72 per cent by lot and 79 per cent by value.  The Brueghel illustrated on the right was the top lot.  Record prices at auction were established for Willem van de Velde II, Govaert Flinck, Andrea Soldi and Francesco Zaganelli da Cotignola in a sale where 73 per cent of lots on offer realised a price in excess of the pre-sale estimate.
    
				
    
				
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    SHEPPARDS THREE DAY SALE AT DURROW
    
				November 20th, 2011 
				
    
					
    AROUND 1,900 lots will come under the hammer at Sheppardsthree day sale in Durrow, Co. Laois on November 29-30 and December 1.  On the first two days the auctions feature period furniture and fine art.  There will be a sale of Asian art on Thursday, December 1.  The catalogue is on-line.
    

    Irish George III period walnut fold over games table, with scallop carved frieze (1,500-2,500)  UPDATE: THIS MADE 1,300
    

    Large Qin dynasty blue and white urn (500-800). UPDATE: THIS MADE 1,400
    

    Dublin George III large pair of sauceboats, by John Lloyd, 1770 (8,000-12,000). UPDATE: THIS PAIR MADE 7,200
    

    Nineteenth-century Dublin Chippendale style armchair, with eagle head arms (1,000-,500) UPDATE: THIS WAS UNSOLD.
    
				
    
				
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    INTERESTING MIX AT JAMES ADAM ON NOVEMBER 28
    
				November 18th, 2011 
				
    
					
    An interesting mix of collectible items as well as  art, silver, porcelain and furniture will come under the hammer at James Adam in Dublin on November 28.  The sale of fine decorative art comprises around 700 lots and the catalogue is on-line.  Here are some items from the catalogue:
    

    A GEORGE II / III MAHOGANY BRACKET CLOCK BY ANTHONY MARSH, OPPOSITE THE BANK OF ENGLAND (4,000-5,000) UPDATE:  THIS MADE 4,000
    

    RICHARD BARTER (1824-1896) Bust of Daniel O'Connell (2,000-4,000) UPDATE: THIS WAS UNSOLD.
    

    A LATE 18TH / EARLY 19TH CENTURY CHINESE EXPORT FAMILLE ROSE MODEL OF A PHOENIX (800-1,200) UPDATE: THIS MADE 800.
    

    A SATINWOOD DISPLAY CABINET BY JAMES HICKS & SONS (1,500-2,000) UPDATE: THIS WAS UNSOLD
    

    A REGENCY ROSEWOOD AND BRASS INLAID FOLD TOP CARD TABLE (1,200-1,500)  UPDATE: THIS WAS UNSOLD.
    

    A JAPANESE LATE 19TH CENTURY CARVED IVORY TUSK, (150-250).  UPDATE: THIS MADE 140
    
				
    
				
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    ANTIQUESANDARTIRELAND.COM CONTINUES TO GROW
    
				November 18th, 2011 
				
    
					
    According to Google’s Webmaster Tools the antiquesandartireland.com website achieved 450,000 Impressions in the month from October 16 to November 15.  This is the highest ever number of impressions per month achieved so far.
    

    Established in April 2010 the site broke the 100,000 impressions per month barrier last December.  This rose to 200,000 in January 2011, 250,000 in March, 300,000 in April/May and 370,000 in September.  It has now reached  450,00
    
				
    
				
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    IRISH ART AND IRISH BANK DEBTS
    
				November 18th, 2011 
				
    
					
    In Connemara by Paul Henry made £109,250 at Christie's in London last night on behalf of NAMA.
    

    IRELAND’S bad bank is a little  bit better off today thanks to the sale of some Irish art, but it won’t make much of a dent in the bill for billions in unpaid mortgage loans leftover from the country’s housing crises.
    

    At Christie’s in London on November 17 art being sold by the bank to make inroads into the debts of one developer made £1,120,750.  In New York on November 11 two paintings from the same developer Derek Quinlan, including a Warhol, brought in $857,000.
    

    FOR a full list of paintings sold see post on antiquesandartireland.com for September 19.
    
				
    
				
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    YEATS, LAVERY AND HENRY AT WHYTE’S IRISH ART SALE
    
				November 17th, 2011 
				
    
					
    The Irish art sale at Whyte’s in Dublin on November 28 contains an interesting selection with plenty to attract collectors at all levels. The sale will take place at The Clyde Rooms in the Royal Dublin Society.  The catalogue is on-line.  The Street in Shadow by Yeats shows the artist accompanied by his wife, Cottie, standing on O’Connell Street in the shade of the GPO, looking directly out at the viewer. Their pose is silhouetted against two of the city’s most famous landmarks, the distinctive Clerys department store and spiralling Nelson’s Pillar.  It is estimated at 50,000-70,000. Here is a small selection (click on any image to enlarge it):
    

    Jack Butler Yeats RHA (1871-1957) THE STREET IN SHADOW, 1932 (50,000-70,000)  UPDATE: THIS MADE 72,000.
    

    Sir John Lavery RA RSA RHA (1856-1941) THE HOUSE-TOPS, TANGIER, 1912 (20,000-25,000)  UPDATE: THIS MADE 23,000.
    

    Paul Henry RHA (1876-1958) ALTAN LOUGH, DONEGAL c.1933-34 (40,000-50,000).  UPDATE: THIS WAS THE TOP LOT.  IT WAS SOLD FOR 75,000 TO AN INTERNET BIDDER.
    
				
    
				
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    REALISTIC ESTIMATES AT DE VERES DUBLIN ART SALE
    
				November 16th, 2011 
				
    
					
    THE emphasis is very much on quality with realistic estimates according to de Veres at their Irish art auction in Dublin on November 29.  The sale of 130 lots includes a substantial oil by Paul Henry.  There is art by Colin Middleton, George Campbell, William Conor, Daniel O’Neill, Gerard Dillon, Frank McKelvey, Charles Brady, Sean McSweeney, Tony O’Malley, Hughie O’Donoghue and Camille Souter among others.
    

    The sculpture section features work by Conor Fallon, Eddie Delaney, Patrick O’Reilly and John Behan. The venue for the sale is the D4 Berkeley Court Hotel.  The catalogue is on-line.  Here is a small selection:
    

    Paul Henry RHA RUA 1876-1958 REFLECTIONS ACROSS THE BOG (70,000-100,000).  UPDATE: THIS SOLD FOR 70,000
    

    Gerard Dillon 1916-1971 THE PAST IN THE PRESENT (25,000-35,000).  UPDATE: THIS WAS UNSOLD.
    

    George Campbell RHA, 1917-1979 MY WINDOW, PALO (1952) (10,000-15,000).  UPDATE: THIS WAS UNSOLD.
    

    Tony O'Malley HRHA 1916-2003 IRISH INSCAPE - GOTHIC - JERPOINT ABBEY (1981) (10,000-15,000)  UPDATE: THIS SOLD FOR 12,000.
    

     
    
				
    
				
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