
Kenneth Webb, Sweetpea

Carina Scott, First Light,

Vintage Carriage Pram

Sir Peter Blake RA, Babe Rainbow, screenprint on metal

Mark O’Neill, From the Flower Market

Nassau Blair Browne, Cattle in the Meadow

Kenneth Webb, Sweetpea

Carina Scott, First Light,

Vintage Carriage Pram

Sir Peter Blake RA, Babe Rainbow, screenprint on metal

Mark O’Neill, From the Flower Market

Nassau Blair Browne, Cattle in the Meadow
Artists like Kenneth Webb, Tony O’Malley, John Shinnors, Basil Blackshaw, James Humbert Craig and Harry Kernoff all feature in Morgan O’Driscoll’s current online Irish art auction. Bidding is open until the evening of Monday September 18. The catalogue is online. Here is a small selection:

Harry Aaron Kernoff RHA (1900-1974) Connemara Cailin (3,000-5,000) UPDATE: THIS MADE 2,600 AT HAMMER

Basil Blackshaw HRHA RUA (1932-2016) The Orchard (3,000-5,000) UPDATE: THIS MADE 2,800 AT HAMMER

James S. Brohan (b.1952)
Wild Flower Meadow (4,000-6,000) UPDATE: THIS MADE 3,600 AT HAMMER

The Crouching Venus
A painting by Kenneth Webb was the top lot at Fonsie Mealy’s summer art sale in Castlecomer this year. The Fish Market at Roundstone sold for a hammer price of 15,000. A set of four stained glass panels of saints from The Earley Studios in Dublin sold for 11,000 at hammer. A 17th century Italian School of Moses Striking the Rock attributed to Bernardo Cavilling made 10,500 at hammer and The Crouching Venus, a white marble Italian School c1800 sculpture originally at Powerscourt sold for 8,000 at hammer.
Other top hammer prices included a pair of Irish duelling pistols (8,000), a 12 bore Purdey shotgun (5,600), a stained glass panel of St. Patrick (5,500), an oval enamel plaque portrait by J. Sadler, Liverpool (5,200), two Carrara marble statues of The Blessed Virgin and The Sacred Heart (5,000) and an Irish George III period bookcase (5,000).
(See posts on antiquesandartireland.com for July 25 and July 22, 2017)
From Basil Blackshaw and Kenneth Webb to Sean Scully and Pauline Bewick there is much to choose from at Morgan O’Driscoll’s current online Irish art auction. There are 206 lots in the catalogue and bidding ends on August 2. The catalogue is online. Here is a small selection:

Basil Blackshaw HRHA RUA (1932-2016)
Cockeral
mixed media on card (2,000-3,000) UPDATE: THIS MADE 2,000 AT HAMMER

Kenneth Webb RWA FRSA RUA (b.1927)
Wild Meadow
oil on canvas (4,000-6,000) UPDATE: THIS MADE 4,800 AT HAMMER

Pauline Bewick RHA (b.1935)
White Cow & Caragh Lake (1983)
watercolour (5,000-7,000) UPDATE: THIS MADE 5,000 AT HAMMER

Sean Scully (b.1945)
Red Fold (2006)
limited edition lithograph signed & numbered 26/50
signed lower right & dated ’06 (3,000-4,000) UPDATE: THIS MADE 2,800 AT HAMMER
The current online Irish art auction at Morgan O’Driscoll runs until May 23. The 365 lots are available to view online or at Mr. O’Driscoll’s offices in Skibbereen on May 19, 20 and 23. Here is a small selection:

Peter Collis RHA (1929-2012)
Still Life (1994) (2,000-3,000) UPDATE: THIS WAS UNSOLD

John Skelton Snr (1923-2009)
Launching the Currach (800-1,200) UPDATE: THIS SOLD FOR 1,100 AT HAMMER

Kenneth Webb RWA FRSA RUA (b.1927)
Wild Flowers, Erlough (3,000-5,000) UPDATE: THIS SOLD FOR 3,200 AT HAMMER

Cecil Maguire RHA RUA (b.1930)
The Morning of Horse Fair (2003) (4,000-6,000) UPDATE: THIS SOLD FOR 3,000 AT HAMMER
The art and antiques sale by Dolan’s in Rosslare on May 1 kicks off with a limited edition colour print by Robert Ballagh entitled My Studio 1969. One of an edition of 75 it is estimated at 500 to 800. Kelly’s Hotel in Rosslare is the venue for this auction of more than 300 lots. The emphasis is on art, but there sale features a selection of reasonably estimated rugs, small antique furniture pieces, silver and collectible objects. The catalogue is online. Here is a small selection.

Robert Ballagh – My Studio 1969 (500-800) UPDATE: THIS SOLD FOR 600 AT HAMMER

Kenneth Webb – Sweet Pea, profusion of colour (2,800-3,200) UPDATE: THIS MADE 5,200 AT HAMMER

Markey Robinson – Clown Juggling (800-1,000) UPDATE: THIS SOLD FOR 1,200

A Victorian walnut duet music stand (800-1,000) UPDATE: THIS WAS UNSOLD

A William IV reading table (100-200). UPDATE: THIS SOLD FOR 11O
Dolan’s will kick off the summer season with an art and antiques auction at Kelly’s Hotel in Rosslare May 1, bank holiday Sunday. There is a varied collection of paintings, watercolours, prints, sculpture, antique furniture, silver, china, rugs and collectible items. Artists featured include Norah McGuinness, Flora Mitchell, Kenneth Webb, Brian Ballard, Mark O’Neill, Arthur Maderson, Charles Harpur, Markey Robinson, Carina Scott, Norman Teeling, Fergus O’Ryan and Frank Egginton. The catalogue, which lists 295 lots, is online. This does not include a late entry of seven works by artist Mark O’Neill with estimates ranging from 700 to 3,500. Here is a small selection:

Arthur Maderson – Winter Sunset (2,000-3,000) UPDATE: THIS SOLD FOR 4,200 AT HAMMER

Kenneth Webb – Summer Breeze (6,000-8,000) UPDATE: THIS SOLD FOR 5,500 AFTER THE AUCTION

David ffrench le Roy – Pantry Shelf (400-500) UPDATE: THIS SOLD FOR 400

Carina Scott – Connemara, Calm and Resilient (800-1,200) UPDATE: THIS SOLD FOR 750 AT HAMMER
More than 360 lots will come under the hammer at Morgan O’Driscoll’s online sale of Irish art. The auction runs until February 22. The catalogue and full details are online. Here is a small selection:

Kenneth Webb RWA FRSA RUA (b.1927)
The Artist’s Garden (4,000-6,000) UPDATE: THIS SOLD FOR 3,400

William Conor RHA RUA ROI (1881-1968)
Waiting in Town (2,000-3,000) UPDATE: THIS SOLD FOR 2,400 AT HAMMER

Arthur K. Maderson (b.1942)
Le March De Nuit (The Night Market) (4,000-6,000) UPDATE: THIS SOLD FOR 4,000

Liam O’Neill (b.1954)
Race to the Finish (9,000-12,000) UPDATE: THIS WAS UNSOLD
Work by Kenneth Webb, Letitia Marion Hamilton, Maurice Wilks, Dan O’Neill and William Conor feature in Morgan O’Driscoll’s current online art auction. The sale runs until May 18. The catalogue, which is online, lists 325 lots. Here is a small selection.

Letitia Marion Hamilton RHA (1875-1964)
Yellow Country Lane (2,000-3,000). UPDATE: THIS SOLD FOR 2,200

Maurice Canning Wilks ARHA RUA (1911-1984)
Ballynahinch River, Connemara (2,000-3,000). UPDATE: THIS SOLD FOR 1,800