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    IRISH ART SALE BY MORGAN O’DRISCOLL ON VIEW AND ONLINE

    Friday, July 28th, 2023
    PETER CURLING (B.1955) – July Course Study, Newmarket. UPDATE: THIS MADE 7,000 AT HAMMER

    July Course Study, Newmarket, an oil on canvas by Peter Curling, comes up as lot 15 at Morgan O’Driscoll’s Irish art online auction which runs until the evening of July 31. The estimate is 8,000-12,000. There is art by Jack Butler Yeats, John Behan, May Guinness, Brian Ballard, Orla de Bri and many other artists on offer. The sale is now on view in Skibbereen and the catalogue is online.

    IRISH ART ONLINE AUCTION BY MORGAN O’DRISCOLL

    Tuesday, July 25th, 2023
    DONALD TESKEY (B.1956) – Kilcummin Head, Co. Mayo (2020). UPDATE: THIS MADE 36,000 AT HAMMER

    This 2020 work by Donald Teskey comes up as lot 6 at Morgan O’Driscoll’s current online Irish art auction. The online catalogue features work by Evie Hone, John Behan, Jack Butler Yeats, Nano Reid, Orla de Bri, Cecil King, Sir William Orpen and many other Irish artists. The sale runs until the evening of Monday, July 31 and will be on view in Skibbereen, west Cork from July 27. Kilcummin Head by Teskey is estimated at €15,000-€25,000.

    THIS BIRD OF PARADISE HAS WINGS

    Saturday, July 1st, 2023
    Bird of Paradise by Graham Knuttel  UPDATE: THIS MADE 5,200 AT HAMMER

    A colourful and  distinctive Bird of Paradise by the artist Graham Knuttel, who died aged 69 in May, comes up as lot 12 at Morgan O’Driscoll’s off the wall online art auction which runs until the evening of July 3. Playfully displayed as a bird, not a flower, and complete with an instantly recognisable Knuttel eye it is estimated at €2,000-€3,000.  The art of Graham Knuttel tends to be more popular with punters than the art establishment.  His distinctive designs, including a Bird of Paradise mug, feature on a range of household items by Tipperary Crystal. The sale includes a selection of affordable artworks from a wide range of artists. Among them are Arthur Maderson, Cecil Maguire, Steve Burgess and John Morris. It is on view in Skibbereen on Monday and the catalogue is online.

    ONLINE ART SALES BY MORGAN O’DRISCOLL

    Sunday, June 25th, 2023
    Fountain in St. Stephen’s Green by Camille Souter. UPDATE: THIS MADE 4,600 AT HAMMER

    You don’t have to be actually in west Cork – though plainly it would be better at this time of year – to enjoy an upcoming auction in Skibbereen. Artists from Patrick Hennessy to Jack B Yeats, Camille Souter, Percy French,  Graham Knuttel, Mainie Jellett and Mildred Anne Butler all come up at Morgan O’Driscoll’s current online Irish art sale.  It kicks off at 6.30 pm on June 26.  The catalogue and bidding is online and it will be followed on Monday, July 3 with an online auction of affordable Irish art.

    SOME RATHER BEAUTIFUL ROSES AT MORGAN O’DRISCOLL AUCTION

    Thursday, June 15th, 2023
    PATRICK HENNESSY (1915-1980) – Marrakesh Roses. UPDATE: THIS MADE 4,600 AT HAMMER

    THIS oil on board comes up as lot 12 at Morgan O’Driscoll’s current online Irish art auction which runs until June 26. The catalogue is online and the sale offers a selection of paintings, drawings, etchings, prints and sculpture. Marrakesh Roses is estimated at €2,500-3,500.

    THE ART OF THE WINDBREAK AT MORGAN O’DRISCOLL SALE

    Friday, May 26th, 2023
    Windbreak by John Morris. UPDATE: THIS MADE 700 AT HAMMER

    Windbreak by John Morris from Morgan O’Driscoll’s current off the wall online art auction which runs until May 30 is a reminder, if one is needed, that beaches can be chilly on sunny days in Ireland. Maybe not so much in the midst of the sunny spell we are all enjoying right now. Lot 14, an oil on board, is estimated at just 400-600. The auction offers a good across the board selection of affordable art. The catalogue is online.

    A FRIGATE IN CORK HARBOUR C1845

    Saturday, May 20th, 2023
    A c1845 oil of a merchant frigate moored in Cork Harbour by George Mounsey Wheatley Atkinson. UPDATE: THIS MADE 25,000 AT HAMMER

    From George Mounsey Wheatley Atkinson to Hughie O’Donoghue, Charles Tyrrell to Nano Reid the art online sale by Morgan O’Driscoll which runs until 6.30 pm next Monday covers a broad range of Irish art.  There will be particular local interest in an Atkinson showing Cork Harbour almost two centuries ago.  It is estimated at €20,000-€30,000.  The sale will be on view in Skibbereen next Monday and the catalogue is online.  Work by Sean McSweeney, Tony O’Malley, Norah McGuinness, Basil Blackshaw and many other artists is included.

    NORAH MCGUINNESS AT MORGAN O’DRISCOLL ONLINE SALE

    Thursday, May 11th, 2023
    Norah Allison McGuinness HRHA (1901-1980) – The Garden at Rockbrook. UPDATE: THIS MADE 1,800 AT HAMMER

    This gouache on paper by Norah McGuinness comes up as lot 28 at Morgan O’Driscoll’s current online Irish art auction. The online catalogue for this sale – which runs until May 22 – includes work by Sean McSweeney, Nano Reid, Tony O’Malley, Hughie O’Donoghue, Basil Blackshaw, Charles Tyrrell and many others. The McGuinness is estimated at €2,000-3,000.

    AN OFF THE WALL ONLINE SALE BY MORGAN O’DRISCOLL

    Friday, April 21st, 2023

    MAJELLA O’NEILL COLLINS – Calm Seas, Sherkin. UPDATE: THIS MADE 2,600 AT HAMMER

    Calm Seas, Sherkin by Majella O’Neill Collins comes up as lot 34 at Morgan O’Driscolls current off the wall online art auction. It is estimated at 2,000-3,000. The auction is on view in Skibbereen today and again on Monday, April 24, the day of sale. The catalogus is online and bidding starts to close from 6.30 pm.

    A €580,000 SCULLY AT MORGAN O’DRISCOLL AUCTION

    Tuesday, April 18th, 2023
    SEAN SCULLY (B.1945) – Raval Rojo (2004)

    Sean Scully’s Raval Rojo made a hammer price of €580,000 at Morgan O’Driscoll’s Irish and International online art sale this evening. It had been estimated at 400,000-600,000. Among other top hammer prices were Still Life on White with Beans by William Scott (€160,000) and A Western Landscape by Paul Henry (€75,000), George Barret Landscape with Figures and the Ruins of Melrose Abbey, Roxburghshire (€52,000) and Sir William Orpen’s Portrait of Mary, Lady Gerard in a Green Dress made €23,000. The highly successful sale saw top prices achieved for a number of contemporary Irish artists.