John Coll
John Coll is a prominent Irish figurative sculptor. He has sculpted many works of national importance including monuments to the poet Patrick Kavanagh and the writer Brendan Behan on the Dublin canals. Other large-scale projects include a monument to Countess Markievicz in Rathcormac, Co Sligo and locally a life-size portrait of the racehorse "Bobby-Jo" in Mountbellew, Co Galway. Coll also produces portrait busts of prominent people as well as figures from the natural world in both steel and bronze. www.whytes.ie
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'W. B. YEATS'
- Price Realised: 4,800
- Sale: 04 March 2019
- bronze on granite base
- 10 x 5 x 4Όin. (25.40 x 12.70 x 10.80cm)
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'PATRICK KAVANAGH'
- Price Realised: 4,200
- Sale: 04 December 2023
- bronze on black marble base
- 10Ό x 12 x 9in. (26.04 x 30.48 x 22.86cm)
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'SAMUEL BECKETT'
- Price Realised: 4,000
- Sale: 04 March 2024
- bronze on black marble base
- 8½ x 4 x 4in. (21.59 x 10.16 x 10.16cm)
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'HERON'
- Price Realised: 3,800
- Sale: 02 December 2024
- bronze on black granite base
- 31½ x 16 x 10in. (80.01 x 40.64 x 25.40cm)
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'OWL, 1985'
- Price Realised: 3,600
- Sale: 26 November 2007
- welded stainless steel on marble plinth
- 42 cm., 16.5 in. high
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'PATRICK KAVANAGH, PEMBROKE ROAD'
- Price Realised: 3,200
- Sale: 22 March 2021
- bronze
- 12 x 12 x 4in. (30.48 x 30.48 x 10.16cm)
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'RAFTERY, 1985'
- Price Realised: 3,000
- Sale: 26 November 2007
- welded stainless steel on marble plinth
- 32 cm., 12.5 in. high
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![CORNCRAKE [OMEY ISLAND SERIES] by John Coll sold for 2,300 at Whyte's Auctions](/images/auction/891/71908.jpg "CORNCRAKE [OMEY ISLAND SERIES] by John Coll sold for 2,300 at Whyte's Auctions")
'CORNCRAKE [OMEY ISLAND SERIES]'
- Price Realised: 2,300
- Sale: 02 December 2024
- bronze on black granite base
- 20 x 12½ x 5½in. (50.80 x 31Ύ x 13.97cm)
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'CROW'
- Price Realised: 2,000
- Sale: 02 December 2024
- bronze
- 13 x 14½ x 8½in. (33.02 x 36.83 x 21.59cm)
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'SAMUEL BECKETT'
- Price Realised: 1,900
- Sale: 04 October 2010
- bronze on black marble plinth
- 29 by 17cm., 11.5 by 6.5in.
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![HAND OF HOPE [REPRESENTING ART IN ALL ITS FORMS], 1980 by John Coll sold for 1,700 at Whyte's Auctions](/images/auction/883/70027.jpg "HAND OF HOPE [REPRESENTING ART IN ALL ITS FORMS], 1980 by John Coll sold for 1,700 at Whyte's Auctions")
'HAND OF HOPE [REPRESENTING ART IN ALL ITS FORMS], 1980'
- Price Realised: 1,700
- Sale: 04 March 2024
- bronze on black marble base; (unique)
- 8Ό x 5 x 3in. (20.96 x 12.70 x 7.62cm)