The December art selling season kicks off at Whyte’s evening sale of Important Irish Art on December 4, now on view in Dublin. This surprisingly modern looking scorching study of a tree in a courtyard by Nathaniel Hone, who died in his eighties in 1917, is undated but in excellent condition. It was exhibited at the Gorry Gallery exhibition on Hone in 2002. The oil on board is estimated at €4,000-€6,000. Artists in the auction include John Lavery, Paul Henry, William Orpen, Letitia Hamilton, William Leech, George Russell, Seán Keating, Mary Swanzy, Mainie Jellett, Gerard Dillon, George Campbell, Louis le Brocquy, Patrick Scott, Pauline Bewick, Tony O’Malley and Rowan Gillespie. The catalogue is online.
