BREON O’CASEY (1928-2011) – SEATED FIGURE (1990). UPDATE: THIS MADE 1,800 AT HAMMER
This unique brass figure by Breon O’Casey comes up as lot number 83 at Whyte’s sale of Important Irish Art in Dublin this evening. The estimate is €2,000-€3,000. A prominent member of the St. Ives School he was a versatile jewellery, weaver, painter and sculptor. O’Casey was a son of the Irish playwright Sean O’Casey. Included in the sale are major works by Jack Butler Yeats, Paul Henry, Grace Henry, William Orpen, Seán Keating, Mildred Anne Butler, William Percy French, William Conor, Mary Swanzy, Colin Middleton, Daniel O’Neill, Nano Reid, Patrick Collins, Camille Souter, Norah McGuinness, Patrick Hennessy, Donald Teskey, Rowan Gillespie, Anthony Scott, Liam O’Neill, Rita Duffy and many more.