John Constable (1776-1837) – Cottage in the Wood (1832) at Sheppards. UPDATE: THIS MADE 26,000 AT HAMMER
Cottage in the Wood (1832), a rare oil sketch by John Constable painted en plein air, leads Sheppards sale of Irish and international art in Durrow on June 10. According to former Crawford Gallery curator Dr. Peter Murray the scene is most likely Dedham Vale and this might well be Willy Lott’s cottage on the banks of the Stour near Flatford Mill, scene of Constable’s most famous work The Hay Wain. The estimate is €30,000-€50,000. This varied auction of 436 lots has work by David Hockney, Gerard Byrne, Arthur Maderson, Kenneth Webb, Henry Albert Hartland, Mildred Anne Butler, Louis le Brocquy, John Behan, Sean Scully and two works by emerging Dingle based artist Honora O’Neill. The sale is now on view in Durrow and the catalogue is online.
The three most expensively estimated lots at Gormley’s Irish and international art auction on the evening of June 9 – at €10,000-€15,000 – are by J B Vallely, Colin Middleton and Andy Warhol. They are titled respectively Five Fiddles, Female Figure and Portrait and Love FS II.310. Among 165 works are a study for a portrait of John Edwards by Francis Bacon, Les Fleurs du Mal by Georges Rouault, Five Faces of Eric Clapton by Patti Boyd and a seascape doodle on a restaurant napkin by Mohammed Ali. There is art by Markey Robinson, Mildred Anne Butler, Jack B Yeats, Mainie Jellett, Basil Blackshaw, Gladys MacCabe, Hector McDonnell, John Shinnors, Nano Reid and many more. The catalogue is online.
Colin Middleton – Female Figure and Portrait at Gormley’s. UPDATE: THIS MADE 15,000 AT HAMMER
