Evening Flight by Norah McGuinness
The art collection of the late playwright Brian Friel raised almost 200,000 the the Peter McVerry Trust, a homeless charity, at James Adam in Dublin last night. His widow Anne donated the sale proceeds of the sale of 23 works from well-known Irish artists to thecharity. The Tony award nominee dramatist, short story writer and playwright died aged 86 in 2015. His works include Dancing at Lughnasa and Philadelphia Here I Come! He was a co-founder of the Field Day Theatre Company.
The top lot from the Friel collection was Evening Flight by Norah McGuinness which made a hammer price of 22,000.
Brian Friel was a fan of the Cork artist Patrick Hennessy, one of whose paintings The Yew Walk was acquired by The National Gallery of Ireland at Sotheby’s in London last week for 9,794 euro. The playwright’s widow Anne Friel is donating the proceeds of the sale 23 paintings at James Adam in Dublin on September 26 to the Peter McVerry Trust which has been at the forefront of helping homeless people for many years.
