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This unusual four part portrait of Penelope Collins by Basil Blackshaw comes up at Whyte’s Irish and International art sale at the RDS on June 6. She is daughter of the artist Patrick Collins. It is estimated at €10,000-15,000. The catalogue for the sale is online and viewing gets underway at the RDS on June 4.
Coloured Rain by Basil Blackshaw made a hammer price of 96,000 over a top estimate of 50,000 at the James Adam sale of Important Irish Art in Dublin on September 29. The highlight of the auction was Salute/Farewell to Rosses Point by Jack B Yeats which made 140,000 at hammer against an estimate of 120,000-160,000. Connemara Cottages by Paul Henry was withdrawn from the sale.
Horse paintings by Basil Blackshaw usually attract plenty of interest. This one comes up as Lot 21 at Morgan O’Driscolls Irish art online auction which runs until the evening of September 13. The oil on board measures 12″ x 14″ and is estimated at 4,000-6,000. There is an Emer Gallery, Belfast label on the back. The sale offers a wide variety of art and sculpture including Everyday Life (2019) by the French born Los Angeles based street artist known as Mr. Brainwash exhorting us all to: “Follow Your Dreams”.
UPDATE: THE BLACKSHAW MADE 4,000 AT HAMMER, EVERYDAY LIFE BY MR. BRAINWASH MADE 16,000 AT HAMMER
The catalogue note by Eamonn Mallie tells us that Basil Blackshaw was not normally given to making double portraits. Graham and Jude was an exception almost by accident. At the heart of Northern Ireland’s art scene Graham and Jude Gingles – he a sculptor and painter, she Blackshaw’s sitter for more than three decades with a doctorate in anthropology – attended a party at the home of Northern Ireland sculptor Bob Sloan in 2001. There Blackshaw executed a quick sketch of his good friends and prevailed on Bob Sloan to take some photographs of the couple. The artist identified the potential in the backdrop of the parallel lines of the venetian blinds sliced down the middle by the two figures. The resulting portrait is lot 88 at Sotheby’s Eclectic online auction which runs to May 18. It is estimated at £15,000-20,000.
The current online auction of affordable art at Morgan O’Driscoll runs until October 2. The catalogue lists 394 lots. Here is a small selection:
BASIL BLACKSHAW – Wanted (1947) (800-1,200) UPDATE: THIS MADE 900 AT HAMMER
AIDAN BRADLEY Streetscape (2009) (500-700) UPDATE: THIS MADE 320 AT HAMMER
MAN RAY (1890-1976) Untitled III (1975) 5/100 (400-600) UPDATE: THIS MADE 300 AT HAMMER
JIM FITZPATRICK – Che Guevara on 50th Anniversary Stamp (250-350) UPDATE; THIS MADE 500 AT HAMMER
There are eight works by Basil Blackshow with estimates ranging from 2,000 to 70,000 for Grey Horse in a Stable. Peony 1991 by Louis le Brocquy (35,000-45,000), Girls and Dogs by Dan O’Neill ( €25,000-35,000) and The Dodder in Flood by Jack B. Yeats ( €30,000-40,000) are among the other top lots. The catalogue cover is Italian with Fowl 1948 by Gerard Dillon ( €50,000-70,000). A later work by Dillon, Holy Island is estimated at €30,000-50,000. There are 183 lots in total from artists including William John Leech, Percy French, Frank McKelvey, Maurice Wilks, George Campbell, Barrie Cooke, Tony O’Malley, Felim Egan and works from the estate of Robert Taylor Carson.
UPDATE: THE sale grossed 810,000. Ian Whyte commented: “We are very pleased with the results, which brings the total of Irish art sold at auction in the past week to over €4 million, which demonstrates the continuing strength of the Irish art market and the confidence collectors have in it. It has been our best year since 2007, albeit still only 50% of our turnover in that year, so, hopefully, there is still potential to improve”
Evening Montreux by Sir John Lavery UPDATE:THIS MADE 90,000 AT HAMMER
Grey Horse in a Stable by Basil Blackshaw UPDATE: THIS WAS UNSOLD
Artists like Kenneth Webb, Tony O’Malley, John Shinnors, Basil Blackshaw, James Humbert Craig and Harry Kernoff all feature in Morgan O’Driscoll’s current online Irish art auction. Bidding is open until the evening of Monday September 18. The catalogue is online. Here is a small selection:
Harry Aaron Kernoff RHA (1900-1974) Connemara Cailin (3,000-5,000) UPDATE: THIS MADE 2,600 AT HAMMER
Basil Blackshaw HRHA RUA (1932-2016) The Orchard (3,000-5,000) UPDATE: THIS MADE 2,800 AT HAMMER
James S. Brohan (b.1952)
Wild Flower Meadow (4,000-6,000) UPDATE: THIS MADE 3,600 AT HAMMER
With work by Basil Blackshaw, George Campbell, Peter Blake and Mark O’Neill the current sale of Irish art online at Morgan O’Driscoll runs until Tuesday, August 8. There are 189 lots on offer, including 15 pieces of sculpture. The sale is on view throughout the August Bank Holiday weekend at Morgan O’Driscoll’s headquarters in Skibbereen in scenic west Cork. The catalogue is online. Here is a small selection:
Mark O’Neill (b.1963)
Vintage Red (2,000-3,0000 UPDATE: THIS AMDE 1,800 AT HAMMER
Peter Blake (b.1932) British
Paul Weller’s Stanley Road (2003)
limited edition silkscreen print, numbered 65 from an edition of 250 with 20 AP
signed by both Peter Blake & Paul Weller (4,000-5,000) UPDATE: THIS MADE 3,800 AT HAMMER
John Minihan (b.1946)
Lady Diana Spencer, photographed with children at London Kindergarten, September 1980
silver gelatin print no 7 from an edition of 25 (1,000-1,500) UPDATE: THIS MADE 1,000 AT HAMMER
Basil Blackshaw HRHA RUA (1932-2016)
The Grey Van (2,000-4,000) UPDATE: THIS MADE 2,000 AT HAMMER
George Campbell RHA (1917-1979)
Azcelt Vertical Complex (4,000-6,000) UPDATE: THIS WAS UNSOLD
Basil Blackshaw, Mark O’Neill, John Kingerlee and William Conor are among the artists who feature in Morgan O’Driscoll’s current online auction of Irish art. There are 173 lots on offer, including 14 works of sculpture. The sale runs until Monday, May 15. The catalogue is online. Here is a small selection:
Basil Blackshaw HRHA RUA (1932-2016)
Fancy Dress Party (3,000-4,000) UPDATE: THIS WAS UNSOLD
Mark O’Neill (b.1963)
Ballybunion Red (1,000-1,500) UPDATE: THIS MADE 2,000 AT HAMMER
William Conor RHA RUA ROI (1881-1968)
The Shawl (2,000-3,000) UPDATE: THIS MADE 1,700 AT HAMMER
John Kingerlee (b.1936)
Farewell (2015) (2,000-4,000) UPDATE: THIS MADE 4,600 AT HAMMER
Still Life by William Scott (1913-1989)
A 1973 Still Life by William Scott made a hammer price of 140,000 at de Veres sale in Dublin last night to become the most expensive painting sold in Ireland so this year. Chased by at least six bidders it was bought by an Irish private collector who lives abroad. Though this was the most successful Spring art sale at de Veres for the past ten years, bringing over a million euro, Rory Guthrie commented that the art market in Ireland remains unpredictable.
The good news is that this 160 lot auction aroused a lot of interest, particularly in the Irish collection of the late Michael Carroll of AIB. A private collection like this always creates interest and all but two of the 75 lots in this part of the auction sold, mostly for above estimate. A close friend of artists Tony O’Malley and Cecil King, Michael Carroll bought many of his works from the Dawson Gallery and latterly the Taylor Galleries.
From the Woods Shadow by Jack B. Yeats made a hammer price of 82,000, Muingingaun (Maiden Stream) by Hughie O’Donoghue made 35,000, Jack’s House (Pink) and Jack’s House (Blue) by Basil Blackshaw made hammer prices respectively of 27,000 and 25,000, Eden, a tapestry by Louis le Brocquy made 24,000 and Connemara Mare by Patrick Hennessy sold for 16,000. Tranquility by Kenneth Webb made 13,000 at hammer, Sawers Belfast by Hector McDonnell made 8,000, Head of a Traveller by Blackshaw made 15,000, Figures Connemara by Charles Lamb sold for 15,000, Spring Rooks by Tony O’Malley made 16,000, West Cork Waterfall by William Crozier made 8,000, Isobel by Daniel O’Neill made 15,500, Thinking of the South (France) by Camille Souter made 13,000, La Maternite by Evie Hone made 10,000, Interior by Tony O’Malley made 11,000 and Harbour Scene by Patrick Collins made 16,000.
(See post on antiquesandartireland.com for March 16, 2017)
