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| Lot: 1 |
| Louis le Brocquy, HRHA (b.1916) |
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| Samuel Beckett, Stirrings Still, Blue Moon Books, New York, in association with John Calder, |
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| London, 1988 |
| 0 by 0cm., by in. |
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| Notes:A beautiful livre d’artiste produced in a limited edition of 200 numbered copies, signed by Beckett and le Brocquy. This copy is no. 11. Illustrated by le Brocquy with an original lithograph portrait frontispiece of Beckett, and with eight original lithographic drawings in black ink, printed by Pierre Chave at his atelier in Vence, France, on deckle edged Velin de Rives paper. Folio; quarter bound in parchment over linen stamped with one of le Brocquy’s motifs in eighteen carat gold; matching slipcase. A lovely production - this was Beckett’s last published work. |
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| Estimate: € 2,500-3,500 |
Price Realised: € 3400 |
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| Date of Sale: 25 April 2006 |
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| Lot: 2 |
| Sean McSweeney, HRHA (b.1935) |
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| LANDSCAPE SLIGO, 1990 |
| oil on board |
| signed and dated lower left; inscribed and signed again on reverse |
| 25 by 36cm., 10 by 14in. |
| Provenance: Gerald Davis, Dublin; Private collection |
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| Estimate: € 3,000-5,000 |
Price Realised: € 5400 |
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| Date of Sale: 25 April 2006 |
| Lot: 3 |
| Louis le Brocquy, HRHA (b.1916) |
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| STUDY TOWARDS A HEAD OF LORCA |
| aquatint in two colours (no. 23 from an edition of 30) |
| signed lower right; inscribed lower left |
| 51 by 44cm., 20.2 by 17.5in. |
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| Notes:Sheet size 30 by 22 inches. |
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| Estimate: € 2,500-3,500 |
Price Realised: € 2600 |
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| Date of Sale: 25 April 2006 |
| Lot: 4 |
| Peter Collis, RHA (b.1929) |
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| PATH THROUGH THE WOODS |
| oil on board |
| signed lower left |
| 39 by 29cm., 15.2 by 11.2in. |
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| Estimate: € 2,500-3,500 |
Price Realised: € 2500 |
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| Date of Sale: 25 April 2006 |
| Lot: 5 |
| Neil Shawcross, RHA RUA (b.1940) |
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| ANGUS McDONALD, STUDENT, 1972 |
| watercolour over pencil |
| signed and dated lower right; inscribed lower left |
| 79 by 56cm., 31 by 22in. |
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| Estimate: € 2,500-3,500 |
Price Realised: € 2600 |
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| Date of Sale: 25 April 2006 |
| Lot: 6 |
| Brian Bourke, HRHA (b.1936) |
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| TWO HEADS, 1969 |
| watercolour, pastel and graphite |
| signed and dated lower right |
| 61 by 46cm., 24 by 18in. |
| Provenance: Dawson Gallery, Dublin; Whence purchased by Gerald Davis; Private collection |
| Exhibited: 'Brian Bourke: New Paintings and Drawings', Dawson Gallery, Dublin, 5-21 June 1969, no. 16 or 18 (100 gns) |
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| Estimate: € 1,800-2,200 |
Price Realised: € 2200 |
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| Date of Sale: 25 April 2006 |
| Lot: 7 |
| Sean McSweeney, HRHA (b.1935) |
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| TREES, 1984 |
| encaustic on board |
| signed, inscribed and dated on reverse; also with exhibition label on reverse |
| 46 by 36cm., 18 by 14in. |
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| Exhibited: 'Sean McSweeney', Taylor Galleries, Dublin, 13-28 July 1984, catalogue no. 17 |
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| Estimate: € 3,000-4,000 |
Price Realised: € 3000 |
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| Date of Sale: 25 April 2006 |
| Lot: 8 |
| Anne Yeats, (1919-2001) |
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| CHINESE BOY AT WINDOW |
| oil on canvas |
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| 53 by 36cm., 21 by 14in. |
| Provenance: The artist's estate; Her sale; HOK, Dublin, 19 November 2002, lot 617 (illustrated in catalogue); Private collection |
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| Notes:This painting is seen on an easel behind the artist in an RTE documentary of the life of Anne Yeats' uncle, Jack B. Yeats. |
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| Estimate: € 2,000-3,000 |
Price Realised: € 0 |
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| Date of Sale: 25 April 2006 |
| Lot: 9 |
| Rowan Gillespie, (b.1953) |
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| TRANSITION, 1986 |
| cast bronze (no. 5 from an edition of 9) |
| signed, inscribed and dated on base |
| 30 by 0cm., 12 by 0in. |
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| Exhibited: 'Rowan Gillespie', Solomon Gallery, Dublin, April 1987 |
| Literature: Sunday Times, 26 April 1987, illustrated |
| Notes:Cast in 1992. |
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| Estimate: € 6,000-8,000 |
Price Realised: € 7500 |
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| Date of Sale: 25 April 2006 |
| Lot: 10 |
| John Behan, RHA (b.1932) |
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| NINE BIRDS IN A SPIRAL |
| welded bronze on a Kilkenny marble base; unique |
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| 51 by 0cm., 20 by 0in. |
| Provenance: Hillsboro Fine Art, Dublin; Private collection |
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| Estimate: € 3,000-4,000 |
Price Realised: € 3000 |
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| Date of Sale: 25 April 2006 |
| Lot: 11 |
| Pauline Bewick, RHA (b.1935) |
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| THREE WHITE GOATS, NOVEMBER 1981 |
| watercolour and acrylic with pen and ink on handmade paper |
| signed and dated lower left; exhibition label on reverse |
| 62 by 99cm., 24.5 by 39in. |
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| Exhibited: 'Pauline Bewick', Taylor Galleries, Dublin, May 1984, catalogue no. 2 |
| Literature: James White, Pauline Bewick: Painting a Life, Wolfhound Press, Dublin, 1985, page 132, also illustrated page 119, plate 38 |
| Notes:Also produced in a Taylor Galleries promotional flyer on the artist, circa 1985 |
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| Estimate: € 6,000-8,000 |
Price Realised: € 5800 |
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| Date of Sale: 25 April 2006 |
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| Lot: 12 |
| Martin Gale, RHA (b.1949) |
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| GOOD EVENING, 1982 |
| oil on canvas |
| signed and dated on reverse |
| 81 by 81cm., 32 by 32in. |
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| Exhibited: 'Martin Gale: Family and Friends', Arts Council / An Chomhairle Ealaion exhibition which toured regional art centres, February - August 1982, catalogue no. 12, lent by the artist |
| Literature: Niall Fallon, Fine Arts and Antiques column, The Irish Times, 21 September 1991, reproduced |
| Notes:Mystery and intrigue are the hallmark of Martin Gale’s paintings and one can never be impassive in front them. Always the artist delights in posing as many questions as answers in his pictures, for in them things are never quite what they appear to be. Good Evening, a relatively youthful work, is a prime example of this. What is happening? As we look out of the window are we literally observing a ‘good evening’, the close of a fine day, or are we looking at the house beyond prepared, perhaps, to bid welcome to visitors? All is pristine in the cosy interior of the room in which we, as spectators, stand. The warmth of the softly textured and highly patterned curtain contrasts with the coolness of the exterior which, despite the warm, welcoming lights of the house opposite, is dominated by the ink-black, inhospitable tracery of the leafless winter trees which occupy the middle distance and so act as a barrier between us and the neighbourhood house which is the ostensible subject of the composition. The title of the exhibition in which this picture was first exhibited, ‘Martin Gale: Family and Friends’, suggests that it is autobiographical, but of this one cannot be certain.
In the strident colours and the sharply defined forms and shapes of the window frame and the branches of the trees beyond, the influences of Pop Art and Hard Edge painting, which held sway on Gale in his early days as an artist, are clear and the sense of tranquillity mixed with unease, which is all-pervasive, is characteristic of his oeuvre in general.
Dr S. B. Kennedy
Belfast, March 2006 |
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| Estimate: € 10,000-15,000 |
Price Realised: € 12500 |
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| Date of Sale: 25 April 2006 |
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| Lot: 13 |
| John Doherty, (b.1949) |
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| PINK AND BLUE, ARDFERT, COUNTY KERRY, 1988 |
| acrylic on canvas |
| signed, inscribed and dated on reverse |
| 46 by 80cm., 18 by 31.5in. |
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| Exhibited: 'John Doherty: Australian and Irish Paintings', Taylor Galleries, Dublin, 13-29 October 1988, catalogue no. 3 |
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| Notes:Born in Kilkenny, Doherty studied architecture at Bolton Street Technical College before travelling to Australia in 1973. He lived in Sydney for five years then moved to Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea, where he was artist-in-residence at the National College of Art. His first solo exhibition was held in Sydney, at the Coventry Gallery (1977). Other notable Australian solo shows have been held at the Rex Irwin Gallery (1978), Robin Gibson Gallery (1992) and the Australian Galleries (2000). During the early eighties he was a frequent exhibitor in group shows at the Taylor Galleries in Dublin; they also gave him his first Irish solo exhibition in 1981, and a further five solo shows with Taylor’s have ensued, most recently in 2003. He divides his time between Ireland and Australia and is represented in prestigious collections in both countries, including the National Gallery of Victoria, AIB, and the Waterford Municipal Gallery, as well as the Institute of Modern Art in Chicago. |
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| Estimate: € 15,000-20,000 |
Price Realised: € 44000 |
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| Date of Sale: 25 April 2006 |
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| Lot: 14 |
| John Doherty, (b.1949) |
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| BOG CUTS NEAR LEENANE, COUNTY GALWAY, c.1988 |
| acrylic on canvas |
| signed and inscribed on reverse |
| 99 by 150cm., 39 by 59in. |
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| Exhibited: 'John Doherty: Australian and Irish Paintings', Taylor Galleries, Dublin, 13-29 October 1988, catalogue no. 7 |
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| Estimate: € 12,000-15,000 |
Price Realised: € 17000 |
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| Date of Sale: 25 April 2006 |
| Lot: 15 |
| Martin Gale, RHA (b.1949) |
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| LANDSCAPE WITH MAN MENDING COTTAGE ROOF, 1998 |
| oil on canvas |
| signed lower centre; signed again and dated on reverse |
| 60 by 60cm., 23.5 by 23.5in. |
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| Exhibited: 'Fair to Mizen: Martin Gale and Dermot Seymour, Warren's Boat House Gallery,Castletownsend, Co. Cork, 1998 |
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| Estimate: € 4,000-6,000 |
Price Realised: € 4000 |
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| Date of Sale: 25 April 2006 |
| Lot: 16 |
| Trevor Geoghegan, (b.1946) |
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| LOOKING TOWARDS THE CLADDAGH, 1994 |
| oil on canvas |
| signed lower right; inscribed and dated on reverse |
| 66 by 132cm., 26 by 52in. |
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| Exhibited: 'Five Counties: An Exhibition of New Paintings by Trevor Geoghegan', Kenny Gallery, Galway, June 1994, catalogue no. 12 |
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| Estimate: € 5,000-7,000 |
Price Realised: € 0 |
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| Date of Sale: 25 April 2006 |
| Lot: 17 |
| Mark O'Neill, (b.1963) |
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| DOUBLE DUTCH, 2005 |
| oil on board |
| signed and dated lower left |
| 44 by 67cm., 17.5 by 26.5in. |
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| Estimate: € 8,000-10,000 |
Price Realised: € 22000 |
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| Date of Sale: 25 April 2006 |
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| Lot: 18 |
| Mary Fedden, RA OBE (b.1915) |
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| TWO MACKEREL, 2000 |
| oil on canvas |
| signed and dated lower right; inscribed label on reverse |
| 51 by 61cm., 20 by 24in. |
| Provenance: Warren's Boathouse Gallery, Castletownshend, Co. Cork |
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| Notes:Mary Fedden is one of Britain’s most highly regarded artists. Born in Bristol, she studied at the Slade in London, 1932-36, and worked initially as a set designer for the Sadlers Wells Ballet. During World War Two she served in the Land Army and the Woman’s Voluntary Service. In 1946 she held her first solo exhibition at the Mansard Gallery, London. Over the following years she designed covers for Woman magazine and was commissioned to paint a mural for the 1951 Festival of Britain. In that year too she married fellow painter Julian Trevelyan. In 1958 she became the first woman to teach in the Painting School of the Royal College of Art, where her pupils included David Hockney and Allen Jones; she later also taught at the Yehudi Menuhin School. She has exhibited regularly with such galleries as the Redfern and the New Grafton Gallery in London and the Arnolfini in Bristol and is represented in the Tate Gallery collection.
Fedden has been a regular visitor to Ireland, particularly West Cork, for several decades. She has exhibited regularly at Warrren’s Boathouse Gallery in Castletownshend, a view of the Boathouse Gallery is included in the present work. |
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| Estimate: € 12,000-15,000 |
Price Realised: € 14000 |
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| Date of Sale: 25 April 2006 |
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| Lot: 19 |
| Louis le Brocquy, HRHA (b.1916) |
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| JAMES JOYCE STUDY I, 1977 |
| charcoal on paper |
| signed and dated lower right; original exhibition label on reverse |
| 23 by 18cm., 9.25 by 7.25in. |
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| Exhibited: ’Louis le Brocquy: Studies towards an image of James Joyce’, November 1977 - December 1978, exhibition toured to the following venues: Galleria d’Arte San Marco dei Giustiniani, Genova; Gimpel & Hanover Galerie, Zürich; Gimpel Fils, London; The Arts Council Gallery, Belfast; Hugh Lane Municipal Gallery of Modern Art, Dublin; Gimpel & Weitzenhoffer, New York; Waddington Galleries, Montreal and Toronto; catalogue no. 1 |
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| Estimate: € 10,000-15,000 |
Price Realised: € 17000 |
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| Date of Sale: 25 April 2006 |
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| Lot: 20 |
| Donald Teskey, (b.1956) |
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| CASTLETOWNSHEND, 1999 |
| oil on canvas |
| signed and dated lower right; inscribed and signed again on reverse |
| 109 by 127cm., 43 by 50in. |
| Provenance: Warren's Boathouse Gallery, Castletownshend, Co. Cork |
| Exhibited: 'Donald Teskey: Paintings 1993-1999', Rubicon Gallery, Dublin, 25 November - 18 December 1999, and Art First, London, 8 February - 2 March 2000, illustrated in catalogue |
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| Notes:Copy of the 1999 Rubicon Gallery catalogue accompanies this lot. |
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| Estimate: € 25,000-35,000 |
Price Realised: € 50000 |
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| Date of Sale: 25 April 2006 |
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