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Monday, February 19, 2007

  VENUE: Royal Dublin Society, Ballsbridge, Dublin, Monday 19 February at 6pm
  VIEWING: Preview at our galleries: February 7-13, 10am-6pm (closed Feb. 11). Exhibition at the RDS, 17 & 18 February 10am-6pm; 19 February, 10am-2pm;
  NOTES: NOTE: This auction and all future Whyte's art sales at the RDS will be on Monday evenings and not Tuesdays as heretofore.
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Lot: 1
Tony  O'Malley, HRHA (1913-2003)
TINAJO
signed with initials lower right; numbered lower left; inscribed and signed again on reverse
carborundum print (no. 32 from an edition of 50)
53 by 62cm., 21 by 24.2 5in.
Provenance:
Exhibited: ‘Kilkenny Arts Festival, Master Printmakers: Louis le Brocquy, Albert Irvin, Leon Kossoff, Tony O’Malley’, Grennan Mill Craft School, Thomastown, Co. Kilkenny, 11-19 August 2001 (illustrated in catalogue); ‘Tony O’Malley: The Complete Graphic Studio Prints’, Graphic Studio Dublin, 27 October - 12 November 2005
Literature:
Notes:
 
Estimate: € 2,000-3,000 Price Realised: € 3400
 
Date of Sale: 19 February 2007
Lot: 2
William  Scott, CBE RA (1913-1989)
IONA, 1961
signed, dated and numbered lower right
lithograph (no. 64 from an edition of 300)
50 by 61cm., 19.7 5 by 24in.
Provenance:
Exhibited:
Literature: Brian Balfour-Oatts, William Scott: A Survey of His Original Prints, Archeus Fine Art, London, 2005, listed as no. 13, illustrated page 16
Notes:Published by the Kestner Gesellschaft, Hanover.
 
Estimate: € 2,000-3,000 Price Realised: € 3000
 
Date of Sale: 19 February 2007
Lot: 3
Louis  le Brocquy, HRHA (b.1916)
STUDY TOWARDS AN IMAGE OF W. B. YEATS, 1975
signed and inscribed lower left
aquatint with drypoint (no. 90 from an edition of 100)
50 by 44cm., 19.5 by 17.5in.
Provenance:
Exhibited:
Literature: Dorothy Walker, Louis le Brocquy, Ward River Press, Dublin, 1981, page 56 and illustrated on page 113
Notes:Sheet size: 30 by 22 inches. Commissioned by Swedish gallery owner Per-Olov Börgenson for a portfolio of portraits of thirty-three Nobel Prize winners by thirty-three artists. Le Brocquy chose to depict W. B. Yeats, whom he had met as a young boy, and the project initiated a long series of Yeats studies.
 
Estimate: € 2,500-3,500 Price Realised: € 5000
 
Date of Sale: 19 February 2007
Lot: 4
Louis  le Brocquy, HRHA (b.1916)
THE MORRIGAN, 1969
signed, numbered and dated lower right
lithograph (no. 49 from an edition of 70)
54 by 38cm., 21.2 by 15in.
Provenance:
Exhibited: 'Louis le Brocquy: The Táin Portfolios', Taylor Galleries, Dublin, 28 April - 13 May 1995, catalogue no. 25
Literature:
Notes:No. 25 in the sequence of 36 Táin prints. A copy of the Taylor Galleries catalogue is included in this lot.
 
Estimate: € 2,000-3,000 Price Realised: € 2800
 
Date of Sale: 19 February 2007
Lot: 5
Seán  McSweeney, HRHA (b.1935)
INLET, 2005 (TRIPTYCH)
signed and dated lower right; inscribed and signed again on reverse
watercolour and gouache on paper
27 by 56cm., 10.5 by 22in.
Provenance:
Exhibited:
Literature:
Notes:
 
Estimate: € 3,000-4,000 Price Realised: € 0
 
Date of Sale: 19 February 2007
Lot: 6
Arthur  Armstrong, RHA (1924-1996)
FIELD PATTERNS
signed lower left; exhibition label on reverse
watercolour, crayon, pen and ink and collage
41 by 51cm., 16 by 20in.
Provenance: Tom Caldwell Gallery, Belfast; Private collection
Exhibited:
Literature:
Notes:
 
Estimate: € 3,000-4,000 Price Realised: € 3000
 
Date of Sale: 19 February 2007
Lot: 7
Tony  O'Malley, HRHA (1913-2003)
HOTEL WINDOW, CLARE ISLAND, JULY 1987
signed with initials lower right; inscribed and dated lower left; gallery label on reverse
acrylic, gouache and crayon
58 by 38cm., 23 by 15in.
Provenance: Porthmeor Gallery, St Ives; Private collection
Exhibited:
Literature:
Notes:No. 1250 in the artist's records.
 
Estimate: € 8,000-10,000 Price Realised: € 8000
 
Date of Sale: 19 February 2007
Lot: 8
Pauline  Bewick, RHA (b.1935)
BUDDA HIS DOG AND OTHER THINGS, 2001
signed and dated lower left; inscribed with title lower right
watercolour over pen and ink
20 by 29cm., 7.75 by 11.5in.
Provenance:
Exhibited:
Literature:
Notes:
 
Estimate: € 1,800-2,200 Price Realised: € 2100
 
Date of Sale: 19 February 2007
Lot: 9
Sean  Scully, (b.1945)
PARIS RED WALL, 2004
signed and dated lower right; inscribed lower left and lower centre
lithograph (no. 9 from an edition of 40)
76 by 93cm., 30 by 36.5in.
Provenance:
Exhibited:
Literature:
Notes:
 
Estimate: € 5,000-7,000 Price Realised: € 6400
 
Date of Sale: 19 February 2007
Lot: 10
Charles  Brady, HRHA (1926-1997)
MEDICINE BOX
signed lower left
oil on paper
58 by 44cm., 23 by 17.5in.
Provenance: Purchased directly from the artist by the present owner
Exhibited:
Literature:
Notes:
 
Estimate: € 5,000-7,000 Price Realised: € 6200
 
Date of Sale: 19 February 2007
Lot: 11
Brian  Bourke, HRHA (b.1936)
WHITETHORN
signed lower right; inscribed lower left
watercolour, pastel and pencil
55 by 37cm., 21.5 by 14.5in.
Provenance:
Exhibited:
Literature:
Notes:
 
Estimate: € 1,800-2,200 Price Realised: € 2100
 
Date of Sale: 19 February 2007
Lot: 12
Donald  Teskey, (b.1956)
BELDERG, NORTH MAYO, 2001
signed lower left; inscribed, dated and signed again on reverse
oil on canvas
25 by 30cm., 10 by 12in.
Provenance:
Exhibited:
Literature:
Notes:
 
Estimate: € 7,000-9,000 Price Realised: € 6700
 
Date of Sale: 19 February 2007
Lot: 13
Felim  Egan, (b.1952)
UNTITLED, 2003
signed and dated on reverse
oil on panel
24 by 24cm., 9.5 by 9.5in.
Provenance:
Exhibited:
Literature:
Notes:
 
Estimate: € 2,000-3,000 Price Realised: € 2000
 
Date of Sale: 19 February 2007
Lot: 14
Charles  Brady, HRHA (1926-1997)
A MORANDI BOTTLE, 1972
signed and dated lower left
oil on canvas
38 by 28cm., 15 by 11in.
Provenance: Dawson Gallery, Dublin; Yello Gallery, Kinsale, Co. Cork; Private collection
Exhibited:
Literature:
Notes:
 
Estimate: € 5,000-7,000 Price Realised: € 5000
 
Date of Sale: 19 February 2007
Lot: 15
Basil  Blackshaw, RHA RUA (b.1932)
FEMALE NUDE STANDING WITH ARMS RAISED OVER HEAD
signed lower right
oil and pencil on board
32 by 13cm., 12.7 5 by 5.25in.
Provenance:
Exhibited:
Literature:
Notes:
 
Estimate: € 8,000-10,000 Price Realised: € 7000
 
Date of Sale: 19 February 2007
Lot: 16
Neil  Shawcross, RHA RUA (b.1940)
CLARET AND FRUIT, 1996
signed and dated lower right; inscribed on reverse
watercolour and acrylic on paper
76 by 89cm., 30 by 35in.
Provenance:
Exhibited:
Literature:
Notes:
 
Estimate: € 6,000-8,000 Price Realised: € 8000
 
Date of Sale: 19 February 2007
Lot: 17
Brian  Ballard, RUA (b.1943)
LEMONS IN MIRROR (RED), 1987
signed and dated lower left; exhibition label on reverse
oil on canvas laid on board
61 by 76cm., 24 by 30in.
Provenance:
Exhibited:
Literature:
Notes:
 
Estimate: € 6,000-8,000 Price Realised: € 7200
 
Date of Sale: 19 February 2007
Lot: 18
John  Shinnors, (b.1950)
RED CRANE 5
signed and inscribed on reverse
oil and oil pastel on panel
39 by 39cm., 15.5 by 15.5in.
Provenance:
Exhibited: (?) `John Shinnors: Line and the Red Crane, New Paintings', Butler House, Kilkenny, 12-21 August 2005
Literature:
Notes:
 
Estimate: € 15,000-20,000 Price Realised: € 22000
 
Date of Sale: 19 February 2007
Lot: 19
Louis  le Brocquy, HRHA (b.1916)
IMAGE OF SELF, 1993
signed, numbered and dated lower right
lithograph on Rives paper (no. 24 from an edition of 100)
23 by 15cm., 9 by 6in.
Provenance:
Exhibited:
Literature:
Notes:
 
Estimate: € 1,500-2,000 Price Realised: € 3200
 
Date of Sale: 19 February 2007
Lot: 20
John  Minihan, (b.1946)
SAMUEL BECKETT, LONDON, 1980
signed lower right; inscribed and dated lower left signed lower right; inscribed lower left
silver gelatin print
25 by 17cm., 9.75 by 6.5in.
Provenance: Purchased directly from the artist by the present owner
Exhibited:
Literature:
Notes:
 
Estimate: € 4,000-6,000 Price Realised: € 0
 
Date of Sale: 19 February 2007
   
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