Figures is the title of this mixed media work by George Campbell. It comes up at de Veres online sale of Irish art which runs until November 10. There are 100 works with estimates of 50-2,000. This one is estimated at 200-300.

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Figures is the title of this mixed media work by George Campbell. It comes up at de Veres online sale of Irish art which runs until November 10. There are 100 works with estimates of 50-2,000. This one is estimated at 200-300.
The evening art auction at by de Veres in Dublin on October 8 offers an interesting selection to suit a variety of tastes. There is work from the studios of George Campbell and Patrick Leonard, international art by Patrick Caulfield and a selection of etchings by Sean Scully sit easily alongside work by artists like Richard Gorman, Ciaran Lennon and Cecil King. A private collection of 50 paintings collected over a lifetime is among the 173 lots on offer. There are several lots of contemporary design including a lounge chair and ottoman by Charles and Ray Eames, Wassily chairs by Marcel Breuer and a pair of Italian easy chairs in the manner of Ico Parisi. There is work by Gerard Dillon, Anne Yeats, Evie Hone, Sean Keating, Colin Middleton, Nano Reid, Eileen Meagher, Tony O’Malley, Alicia Boyle and many more. The catalogue is online.
A 1934 oil on board by Jack B Yeats – By Drumcliff Strand Long Ago – leads the James Adam sale of Important Irish Art in Dublin on June 1. Originally in the collection of novelist Sir Hugh Walpole it was acquired in 1946 by Lord Killanin. It is estimated at 80,000-120,000. The auction of 169 lots features work by a variety of Irish artists from Paul Henry and Roderic O’Conor to Tony O’Malley and Louis le Brocquy. The catalogue is online. Here is a small selection:
Jack Butler Yeats RHA (1871-1957) By Drumcliffe Strand Long Ago (80,000-120,000) UPDATE: THIS MADE 80,000 AT HAMMER
Roderic O’Conor (1860 – 1940) Seated Woman (15,000-25,000) UPDATE: THIS MADE 24,000 AT HAMMER
George Campbell RHA (1917-1979) Robert Morley – Actor (250-350) UPDATE: THIS MADE 520 AT HAMMER
Howard Helmick (1845-1907) Presents for the Priest (1,500-2,000) UPDATE: THIS MADE 1,500 AT HAMMER.
The image on the right is Woman in a Mantilla by George Campbell from the summer loan exhibition at James Adam at St. Stephen’s Green, Dublin from July 7-30 and the Ava Gallery, Clandeboye, Co. Down from August 6 to September 3. The Adams summer loan exhibition is now in its sixth year. Curated by Karen Rehill this years show, entitled George Campbell and the Belfast boys, is the biggest summer loan exhibition to date at Adams with 150 pieces. The focus is on George Campbell and the group of artists he gathered around him known as the Belfast Boys.
Nothing in the show is for sale so this annual exhibition gives people access to works not normally on view in public.