ARTHUR MADERSON – DISTANT BATHERS IN THE PIERCING LIGHT. UPDATE: THIS MADE €10,000 AT HAMMER
This oil and mixed media by Arthur Maderson – Distant Bathers in the piercing light, near Dromana, Co. Waterford, August 1995, is lot 48 at Dolan’s timed online auction of art and whiskeys which runs until March 30. The estimate is €12,000-€14,000 and it is the top lot of the sale. Among the artists whose work will feaure are Cecil Maguire, Charles Harper, Susan Cronin, Mark O’Neill, Markey Robinson, Mat Grogan, Maurice Wilks, Anne Primrose Jury, Manus Walsh, George Gillespie, Norman Teeling, James MacKeown, Frank Egginton, Wycliffe Egginton, Robert Egginton, Patrick Cashin, Douglas Hutton, Paul Stephens, Desmond Turner, Steve Browning, Henry Morgan, Dave West and Peter Curling. The catalogue for the sale is online.
Cecil Maguire – Easter Light on Inishmaan. UPDATE: THIS WAS UNSOLD
Irish Paintings by artists including Cecil Maguire, Arthur Maderson, Charles Harper, Markey Robinson, Arthur Armstrong, Mat Grogan, Frank Egginton, George Campbell, Manus Walsh, George Gillespie and others feature at Dolan’s online auction which runs until November 24. The auction offers a collection of more than 70 Irish whiskeys, mostly Very Rare Midleton, along with collectibles, stamps and books.
Collection of 10 Midleton Very Rare Irish Whiskeys, 2016 to 2024. UPDATE: THIS MADE 5,800 AT HAMMER
Collectible whiskey is a growing trend. The global market for rare Irish whiskey is moving up and this collection of ten bottles of Midleton Very Rare at Dolan’s timed online auction of art, rare whiskeys and antiques is estimated at €6,000-8,000. The sale runs until August 26 and features a selection of single bottles of rare Irish whiskey along with work by 20th century and contemporary Irish and international artists. The catalogue is online.
Sean Keating – Study for An Allegory. UPDATE: THIS WAS UNSOLD
The pointlessness of civil war, specifically the Irish civil war, is the inspiration for this watercolour and charcoal study by Sean Keating. Based on his famous An Allegory at the National Gallery and unseen in public for many years it comes up at Dolan’s timed online auction which runs until August 26 with an estimate of €60,000-€80,000. Central to the painting is a mother and her baby, wrapped in white for purity and innocence. The figure is Sean Keating’s wife May in the guise of Mother Ireland. Keating portrays himself at her side, weary of the destruction of the Civil War which followed the War of Independence.
The catalogue for the sale, which features Irish art including a watercolour titled A Limerick Farm (1929) by Harry Kernoff and Salthill Diving Boards by Susan Cronin, rare Irish Midleton and Jameson whiskey along with wine, stamps, books and collectibles including a wooden rocking horse, is online.
Harry Kernoff – A Limerick Farm (1929). UPDATE: THIS WAS UNSOLD
Collection of 10 Midleton Very Rare Irish Whiskeys. UPDATE; THIS MADE 5,600 at hammer
This appetising whiskey collection ranging from 2016-2024 comes up as lot 1 at Dolan’s. current timed online auction. The sale of Irish paintings and rare Irish whiskies is now live and continues until the evening of April 29. All ten bottles pictured here are accompanied by their certificates and the lot is estimated at €7,000-€9,000. Almost 100 bottles in total will come under the hammer along with art by Letitia Hamilton, Flora Mitchell, Mildred Anne Butler, James le Jeune, Charles Harper, Susan Cronin, Arthur Armstrong, Peter Curling and many other Irish artists.
Collection of 11 Midleton Very Rare Irish Whiskeys, 2014 to 2023. UPDATE: THESE MADE 8,000 AT HAMMER
Irish art and rare Irish whiskeys, wine, antiques furniture and collectibles will come under the hammer at Dolan’s timed online sale which runs until the evening of October 9. The collection of Midleton’s shown here is estimated at €8,000-€10,000. Dolans has found strong demand for such lots from around the world. The catalogue for the sale is online.
Susan Cronin – PLAYTIME. UPDATE: THIS MADE 400 AT HAMMER
Estimated at 400-600 Playtime by Susan Cronin is lot 17 at Dolan’s Spring auction of Irish antiques, art and whiskeys which runs until the evening of March 7. The timed online sale features work of 20th century and contemporary Irish & International artists along with antique furniture and collectibles.
SIR WILLIAM ORPEN – THE ROSCOMMON FUSILIER. UPDATE: THIS WAS UNSOLD
Among the lots at Dolans auction on November 29 are a drawing by Sir William Orpen of The Roscommon Fusilier. The drawing depicts a young woman, with hand on hip, wearing a militia uniform, complete with military hat and plume. It is sketched on ‘Metropolitan School of Art, Kildare Street, Dublin’ paper. Orpen taught there in the early years of the 20th century. The sitter was Vera Hone and it is estimated at 9,000-12,500. A charcoal study of The Men of Aran by Sean Keating is estimated at 16,000-20,000. UPDATE: THE KEATING MADE €16,000 AT HAMMER.
The timed online sale features a selection of fine Irish whiskeys as well as antique furniture, silver and rugs.
Pair of Georgian flintlock duelling pistols. UPDATE: THESE SOLD FOR €2,800 AT HAMMER
With everything from a Georgian cavalry sabre, a pair of duelling pistols and some very rare Irish whiskey to art ranging from work by Charles Harper to Evie Hone to Grace Henry the summer auction at Dolan’s caters for a wide range of interests. This annual sale, which has been held at Ballyconneely in Connemara for more than a decade now, is taking place online this year. The catalogue is open for viewing and bidding continues until the evening of August 16.Given that Irish auction goers have adapted particularly well to online models this should not be any impediment. Sales can be viewed in comfort and convenience on the computer and Dolan’s will be on hand to help with any queries.On offer is an appetising selection of 20th century and contemporary Irish art as well as antique furniture, silver, rugs, books and collectibles. Specialist collectors will be particularly interested in a group of 17 rare Irish whiskeys and a unique and unspoiled collection of 14 flintlock guns and swords untouched for a century in an Irish country house.The Georgian sabre mentioned above, complete with wire bound grip, Lion’s head pommel and leather and brass mounted scabbard is estimated at €400-€600. A pair of Georgian flintlock duelling pistols by James Richardson, Manchester is estimated at €1,000-€2,000. Included among the antique furniture selection is an early 19th century inlaid longcase clock by Richard Midgley (€2,500-€3,500).
Cherry Blossom by Grace Henry. UPDATE: THIS MADE €5,500 at hammer
Forgotten Landscape by Charles Harper was exhibited in his 2018 retrospective at the RHA and is illustrated in the book published in conjunction with the show. It is estimated at €3,000-€5,000. In a rather different vein is a study in gouache by Evie Hone (1894-1955) Horseman and Hound (€4,500-€5,500) and Cherry Blossom by Grace Henry (1868-1953) with an estimate of €6,000-€8,000. There is a strong self portrait in charcoal by Sean Keating (€7,500-€8,500) and early morning swimmers by Laura Cronin is estimated at €5,000-€7,000). The auction offers no less than seven paintings by the ever popular Mark O’Neill. There is no shortage of art at lower estimates than this including Baby Teddy by Susan Cronin (€750-€950), Currach Men by Douglas Hutton (€800-€1,200) and The Ice Cream Kiosk by John Morris (€800-€1,200).
This Man of Aran is a self portrait by the artist Sean Keating (1889-1978). The stained glass artist Harry Clarke introduced Sean Keating to the Aran Islands in 1912. They had met at the Dublin Metropolitan School of Art the previous year and became firm friends. In the years leading up to Ireland’s Treaty of Independence the Aran Islands became the place of Keating’s artistic and political identity. As early as 1915 Keating began to portray himself on the islands, wearing typical island clothing. This charcoal drawing is a study for a painting, possibly I Fein (Me Myself) exhibited at the RHA in 1924. It comes up as Lot 98 at Dolan’s timed online auction of 360 lots of art and antiques with an estimate of 9,000-12,000. The auction runs to the evening of May 10. UPDATE: THIS SOLD FOR 9,000 AT HAMMER
