RICHARD LONG – UNTITLED 2003. UPDATE: THIS WAS UNSOLD
This lithograph from Richard Long’s Artists Against Torture portfolio is at the Spring online sale by Lismore based Lot 100 auctions which runs until March 24. From an edition of 150 it is estimated at €1,200-€1,400. Bristol born Long remains the only artist to have received four Turner Prize nominations, winning in 1989. He received the Chevalier de l’Ordre des Arts et des Lettres from the French Ministry of Culture in 1990, was elected a Royal Academician 2001, and in 2009 was the recipient of the Praemium Imperiale for sculpture from Japan.
Enrico Prampolini – Compoizione Speziale B,1950-1951 UPDATE: THIS WAS UNSOLD
An abstract by Italian Futurist Enrico Prampolini, a lithograph by William Scott, three classic Andy Warhol Marilyn’s and a collection of mobile works on paper by Alexander Calder feature at the online modern and contemporary art sale by Lismore based Lot 100 which runs from January 29 to February 10.
Prampolini’s Compoizione Speziale B was exhibited at Italy’s National Gallery of Modern Art in 1961. The tempura on paper dates to 1950-51 and is estimated at €6,000-€8,000. Italian Futurists do not feature regularly at auction in Ireland and this work highlights how Lot 100, now in its second year of operation, is bringing a different set of offerings. Warhol’s Marilyn’s, from the Sunday B. Morning screenprint series are each estimated at €800-€1,000. There are mobile lithographs by Alexander Calder (€250-€600) who will be the subject of a solo show at Fondation Louis Vuitton in Paris from April 15 to August 16. A screenprint triptych of skateboards by Basquiat is estimated at €600-€800 and William Scott’s Dead Fish, a lithograph from 1970, is estimated at €800-€1,000.
Among the artists in the auction are Matisse, Sean Keating, Charles Tyrrell, Joan Miro, Norman McCaig,, Maurice MacGonigal, Patricia Jorgensen and Henry Moore.
River Run Poppies by Kenneth Webb at Sheppards. UPDATE: THIS MADE 15,000 AT HAMMER
Old favourites and new names combine to make an interesting selection at art sales by Sheppards in Durrow, de Veres in Dublin and the newly formed Lot 100 which is based in Lismore in the coming week.
An arresting view of River Run Poppies by Kenneth Webb is the catalogue cover lot for Sheppard’s evening sale of Irish and international art on December 11. Choices here range from Donald Teskey’s take on Kilkee, a dramatic abstract composition by the Norwegian artist Thorvald Hellesen, an image of Samuel Beckett by Louis le Brocquy and houses by Mary Lou, a self taught painter from the Glens of Antrim.
Abstract Composition by Thorvald Hellesen at Sheppards. UPDATE: THIS MADE 26,000 AT HAMMER
Her contribution is an oil on board of a village in the west of Ireland in a bold, graphic style against a mountainous backdrop. A vibrant studio still life by Gladys MacCabe reflects a modernist style while a pen and ink drawing by Sir William Orpen was once in the collection of Ronnie Wood of the Rolling Stones. A Walled off Hotel box set by Banksy, a lithograph of Queen Beatrix from the Reigning Queen series by Andy Warhol, a screenprint of birdflight by Braque and a signed etching by Renoir of a seated bather are among the international lots on offer. The sale is on view in Durrow and the catalogue is online.
An Italian tinted mirror and tiered hall table at de Veres. UPDATE: THIS WAS UNSOLD
The Christmas art and furniture online auction at de Veres on December 10 at 2 pm is headed by The Children of Lir, an oil on board by Patrick Collins. Artists in the sale include Peter Collis, Arthur Armstrong, William Carron, Yvonne Moore, Felim Egan, Mark Francis, Anne King Harman,Markey Robinson, Gerard Dillon and Patrick Scott.
There is a range of 20th century design furniture and period pieces by Hicks including a Georgian style semi-elliptical side table, a set of Dutch 18th century style dining chairs and a pair of compartmental wall mirrors. An Italian tinted and mirrored hall table and a pair of 1970’s black leather Swedish easy chairs cater for a contrasting taste in furniture.
An original and vintage portrait of Fellini’s Amarcord at Lot 100. UPDATE: THIS WAS UNSOLD
A large scale, rare vintage poster for Federico Fellini’s Amarcord is among the highly collectible lots at the online auction by Lot 100 which runs until next Tuesday (December 9). Amarcord is set in his hometown of Rimini in the 1930’s and the extraordinary characters that surrounded him. Fellini commissioned the Italian painter Giuliano Geleng to create a portrait of some of the people and events that shaped his young life in this film classic.
There is art by Eithne Jordan, Joan Miro, Damien Hirst, Richard Long, Patrick Scott and a photographic portrait of Martin McDonagh by Steve Pyke in an eclectic selection that can be seen online and is on view this weekend in Lismore.
Noel 1960 – Variation II by Joan Miro. UPDATE: THIS WAS UNSOLD
This limited edition lithograph by Miro, printed by Mourlot Brothers in Paris, is at the Deck the Walls online art sale by Lismore based Lot 100 which runs until December 9. The estimate is €600-€800. Over 120 lots of paintings, sculpture, prints, vintage posters and photography from Irish and International artists are on offer.
The White Sail, Crosshaven by Annemarie Bourke at Morgan O’Driscoll’s online sale. UPDATE: THIS MADE 1,000 AT HAMMER
Big ticket art is a headline grabber even in a year like this when the top end of the market is relatively slim. Sales with estimates of up to €5,000 do not grab the same level of attention and often operate under the radar.
Auctions with art of lower monetary value have become a very important part of the art market in Ireland and right around the world. Interest in art has grown exponentially as more and more people collect and enjoy an enduring fascination with art.
The online ‘Off the Wall’ sale by Morgan O’Driscoll which runs until October 28 follows on from his sale of Irish and international art earlier this week with important lots by Paul Henry, Louis le Brocquy, Sir John Lavery, Andy Warhol and many others. Off the Wall sales of affordable art are a regular part of Skibbereen based Morgan O’Driscoll’s calendar and often feature big names.
Pink Flowers by Jack Donovan at Morgan O’Driscoll’s online sale. UPDATE: THIS MADE 1,500 AT HAMMER
Lower value sales reflect the fact that artists make work all the time. Not everything is major. Highly desirable atchings, drawings, preparatory works, maquettes and small pieces galore are available. Nearly everyone who ends up as a big collector starts as a small collector. A sale with plenty of pickings at prices that won’t break the bank is as good a place as any to start.
Pink Flowers by the late Jack Donovan, former head of the Limerick School of Art, is at Morgan O’Driscoll’s sale on Tuesday with an estimate of just €600-€800. A pastel on board by Victor Richardson of Drake’s Pool near Crosshaven is similarly estimated. An oil on canvas of Crosshaven by Annemarie Bourke is estimated at €1,000-€1,500, Outside the Basilica by Mark O’Neill is estimated at €2,500-€3,500 and The Red Door by John Verling has an estimate of €1,200-€1,800. The catalogue, with several hundred lots, is online.
Meantime over in Lismore a new art auction business is gaining traction. Lot 100 was founded earlier this year by Ken Madden and Beth Ann Smith, creators of the highly successful Lismore Food Company. They have held four art sales to date and the latest auction – with 80 lots of painting, prints, sculpture, vintage posters and photography – is online until November 4.
La Tristesse du Roi, a poster by Henri Matisse, from the online sale by Lot 100. UPDATE; THIS WAS UNSOLD
There is work by Irish abstract expressionist Anne Harkin-Petersen, British pop artist Richard Smith and Italian sculptor Virginio Pessina. Among those featured are William Scott, Damien Hirst, Katherine Boucher Beug, Henri Matisse, Joan Miro, Patrick Scott, Charles Tyrrell and John Behan. The sales offer art for €10,000 and under and most of the work is €1,500 and under.
The aim is to achieve broad art market appeal and already the founders have noticed that people who previously bought art are interested in trading up.
With its distinctive packaging the Lismore Food Company was well known and renowned and this has proved an advantage in setting up the new art auction business countrywide, as is the Dublin collection and drop off point offered by this Co. Waterford enterprise. The catalogue for the sale is online and the auction will be on view at Chapel St., Lismore on October 31 and November 1 and 2 from noon to 4 pm.
Woman with Horse by Virginio Passina at Lot 100. UPDATE: THIS WAS UNSOLD
