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    A SONGBIRD BY YEATS AT WHYTE’S ART AUCTION

    Thursday, May 25th, 2023
    JACK BUTLER YEATS RHA (1871-1957) – GLORY TO THE BRAVE SINGER, 1950 UPDATE: THIS MADE 290,000 AT HAMMER

    Glory to the Brave Singer by Jack B. Yeats will lead Whyte’s sale of Irish and International Art in Dublin on May 29. It depicts a woman reclining in the landscape. She raises herself from the ground and extends her right arm in an exaggerated manner pointing towards a songbird which stands on the topmost branch of a tree, its neck extended and its beak open skywards as it fills the air with its music. Her closed eyes convey an expression of complete rapture as she listens to the singing of the thrush.  The estimate is €300,000-€400,000. Included in the sale are major works by Jack Butler Yeats, Paul Henry, Roderic O’Conor, Camille Souter, Mary Swanzy, George (Æ) Russell, Louis le Brocquy, Francis Bacon, Patrick Collins, Sir Sidney Robert Nolan, Arthur Armstrong, Evie Hone and others.
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    Viewing is underway at Molesworth St. and the catalogue is online.

    AN O’MALLEY AT WHYTE’S EVOKES FLOWING WATER

    Thursday, May 18th, 2023
    TONY O’MALLEY HRHA (1913-2003) – SUMMER BREEZE, CALLAN, COUNTY KILKENNY, 1981 UPDATE: THIS WAS UNSOLD

    Summer Breeze marries two important components in Tony O’Malley’s oeuvre, the influence of his native Callan in County Kilkenny and the light and palette of the Bahamas where he visited with his wife Jane O’Malley from the mid-1970’s. The oil on board evokes a strong sense of flowing water. It comes up as lot 55 at Whyte’s sale of Irish and International Art in Dublin on May 29 with an estimate of €15,000-20,000. In 1960 O’Malley s settled at the artist’s hub St Ives in Cornwall, where he had first visited in 1955, in the company of fellow abstract artists Patrick Heron, Peter Lanyon and Bryan Wynter. It was here he met his future wife the Canadian artist Jane Harris. The auction of 122 lots will be held at Freemasons Hall on Molesworth St. in Dublin and online. Viewing gets underway on May 22 at Whyte’s Galleries. The catalogue is online now

    IRISH SECURITY LETTER FROM LORD MOUNTBATTEN AT WHYTE’S

    Wednesday, May 10th, 2023

    A letter handwritten in 1971 by Lord Mountbatten from Classiebawn Castle on the subject of security comes up as lot 336 at Whyte’s timed online Eclectic Collector sale in Dublin on May 13. It was sent to Garda Superintendent Long. Written on Classiebawn Castle crested notepaper Mountbatten thanks Superintendent Long for ‘coming here to see me about the question of security and for the admirable arrangements you made for my protection’. He mentions enclosing a paperback edition of The Life And Times Of Lord Mountbatten by John Terraine. The book is with this lot, inscribed ‘Pauline Long, October 1971’.

    Lord Mountbatten was assassinated by the IRA on 27 August 1979, by a bomb in his boat. The letter is estimated at €800-€1,200. Viewing for the sale gets underway at Whyte’s Galleries at Molesworth St., Dublin today. UPDATE: THIS MADE 750 AT HAMMER

    UNPUBLISHED RECORDING IN RORY GALLAGHER ARCHIVE

    Sunday, May 7th, 2023

    An unpublished recording is among a valuable Rory Gallagher archive at Whyte’s timed online Eclectic Collector sale which runs until Saturday May 13.  Relating to his time with the Fontana Showband from Cork it includes a reel to reel tape by Kingsway Recording, London with tracks titled All the Time, I Want You to be Happy, Slow Down, My Bonnie Lies over the Ocean and Valley of Tears along with a CD copy. There are original passport photos taken in a booth in the early 1960’s, promotional cards, Evening Echo news cuttings, a New Spotlight magazine from June 1965, Rory’s harmonica and his sunglasses.  Lot 540 is estimated at €15,000-€20,000. The sale offers historical artefacts, manuscripts, 1916 Rising medals, a bible which belonged to Michael Collins, sporting memorabilia, a 1916-1923 film archive, signed Beatles photographs and cinema posters. UPDATE: THIS WAS UNSOLD

    VIEWING NOW UNDERWAY FOR WHYTE’S SPRING ART SALE

    Monday, March 27th, 2023
    WATCHING THE BOATS – MARKEY ROBINSON (1918-1999). UPDATE: THIS MADE 800 AT HAMMER

    Watching the Boats by Markey Robinson is lot number 8 at Whyte’s Spring online art auction which runs until April 3. The catalogue is online and viewing gets underway on Molesworth St. today. This is a sales designed to encourage both first time buyers and established collectors. The painting illustrated here is estimated at €500-€700.

    SUCCESS FOR ARTIST LIAM O’NEILL AT WHYTE’S

    Monday, March 6th, 2023
    TWO HORSES – LIAM O’NEILL (B.1954) made €35,000 at hammer

    Two Horses, an oil on canvas by Liam O’Neill made a hammer price of €35,000 over a top estimate of €7,000 at Whyte’s sale of Important Irish Art in Dublin tonight. Another work by the self taught artist Collecting Hay by the Coast, made €17,000 over a top estimate of €12,000. Liam O’Neill has developed a reputation as one of our finest portrayers of rural life, especially around West Kerry. He is a native of the Dingle Peninsula.

    The top lot of the sale was Paul Henry’s Landscape, Connemara which made €135,000 at hammer. Old Houses, Pau by Dan O’Neill made €56,000, Docklands VII 2002 by Donald Teskey made €46,000, The Enthusiast by Jack B Yeats made €32,000 and Strange Days by Jim Fitzpatrick made €19,000.

    NOVEMBER ON THE LIFFEY BY NORAH McGUINNESS AT WHYTE’S

    Thursday, March 2nd, 2023
    NORAH MCGUINNESS HRHA (1901-1980) – NOVEMBER ON THE LIFFEY, DUBLIN, 1948. UPDATE: THIS MADE 10,500 AT HAMMER

    November on the Liffey by Norah McGuinness is one of a number of works by the artist at Whyte’s sale of Important Irish Art on March 6. A major retrospective of her work took place in the Douglas Hyde Gallery, Trinity College Dublin, in 1968 and in 1973 the College awarded her an honorary doctorate. This work, with a Dawson Gallery lable on the reverse, is estimated at 8,000-12,000. The catalogue for the sale is online. The sale is on view in Molesworth St., Dublin until 4 pm on March 6.

    SINEAD O’CONNOR AS VENUS AT WHYTE’S SALE OF IRISH ART

    Friday, February 17th, 2023
    STRANGE DAYS, 2003- JIM FITZPATRICK (B.1946). UPDATE: THIS MADE 19,000 AT HAMMER

    Strange Days 2003 by Jim Fitzpatrick, which depicts singer-songwriter Sinéad O’Connor comes up as lot 89 at Whyte’s sale of Important Irish Art on March 6. Originally commissioned for Dublin nightclub, Lillie’s Bordello it was ultimately purchased by the sitter at her then husband’s insistence – he didn’t like the idea of an image of his naked wife on display in a nightclub! It references Roderic O’Conor’s Reclining Nude (NGI) – in turn a tribute to Velázquez’ Rokeby Venus. The oil on canvas is estimated at €20,000-30,000.

    The view through the window shows the Pigeon House area of Dublin, an area of particular significance for O’Connor – she was living nearby at the time and it was included at her request. Jim Fitzpatrick is a Dublin born painter and graphic designer whose work draws strongly on Ireland’s Celtic mythology. For the past forty years his work has become familiar to many in the form of posters, book jacket designs and album covers. He has also written and illustrated numerous books and designed a stained-glass window for Bewley’s Café‚ in Mary Street, Dublin. He created the graphic reproduction of Alberto Korda’s photograph of Ché Guevara that has become a worldwide icon.
    He has long been a friend of O’Connor’s and designed the cover for her album Faith and Courage released in 2000.

    CHARITY AUCTION OF UNIQUE RUGS MAKES €156,000

    Wednesday, February 8th, 2023
    DOROTHY CROSS (B. 1956) – GLOW

    Glow, a magical carpet hand tufted with pure wool and luminescent filament designed by Dorothy Cross made €19,000 at a charity sale by Whyte’s entitled Island. On offer was a series of 13 unique one off rugs or wall hangings by some of Ireland’s best known artists and designers. Each piece was hand tufted by Ceadogán Rugmakers at their studio in South East Wexford. Whyte’s conducted the timed on-line sale free of charge in order to maximise the proceeds for The McVerry Trust and For The Birds. The total hammer price for the 13 works was €156,000. Every one sold. Seán Scully’s Wall Fez which made €85,000.

    Glow appears plain white in daylight but an image of a tangle of trees emanates as darkness falls. Dorothy Cross lives and works in Connemara, Ireland. Her work ranges from object to opera: working with sculpture, photography and video. 

    (See post on antiquesandartireland.com for January 25, 2023)

    SEAN SCULLY RUG DESIGNED FOR CEADOGAN CHARITY AT WHYTE’S

    Wednesday, January 25th, 2023
    Sean Scully – WALL FEZ. UPDATE: THIS SOLD FOR 85,000

    Wall Fez designed by Sean Scully is a unique piece by Ceadogan mugmakers. The company invited 12 Irish artist to collaborate in creating a unique rug or wall hanging. All are now on view at Hang Tough Contemporary at Exchequer St. in Dublin. The resulting pieces, handtufted in pure wool, are to be auctioned by Whyte’s in a timed online sale which runs to February 5, with 50% of profits going to the Peter McVerry Trust. The remainder will be divided between the artists and For the Birds, a regeneration project at the site of Ceadogan’s workshops in Co. Wexford. Wall Fez is estimated at 15,000-20,000.