Important Irish Art 05/18

Lot 16

ROCK OF CASHEL, COUNTY TIPPERARY, 1906

William Percy French (1854-1920) Signature: signed and dated lower left Medium: watercolour Size: 6¼ x 9½in. (15.88 x 24.13cm) Estimate: €2,500 - €3,500 Price Realised: €3,000

Lot 17

COTTAGE AND STREAM BEFORE MOUNTAINS

William Percy French (1854-1920) Signature: signed lower left Medium: watercolour Size: 6¾ x 9¾ x 9¾in. (17.15 x 24.77 x 24.77cm) Estimate: €2,000 - €3,000 Price Realised: €4,000

Lot 18

BEACH SCENE, 1904-1906

William Percy French (1854-1920) Signature: signed and dated [1904] lower right and [1906] lower left Medium: watercolour Size: 6¼ x 9½in. (15.88 x 24.13cm) Estimate: €2,000 - €3,000 Price Realised: €2,400

Lot 19

OFF MESSINA, ITALY, 1904

Edwin Hayes RHA RI ROI (1819-1904) Signature: signed lower left; signed, dated, inscribed [for St. Louis Exhibition] and with artist's address on reverse Medium: watercolour Size: 18 x 28in. (45.72 x 71.12cm) Estimate: €1,200 - €1,500 Price Realised: €1,150

Lot 20

VIEWS OF THE SKELLIG ISLANDS (A PAIR)

Richard Brydges Beechey HRHA (1808-1895) Signature: each signed with initials lower right Medium: oil on board; (2) Size: 7 x 10in. (17.78 x 25.40cm) Estimate: €2,000 - €3,000 Price Realised: €1,900

Lot 21

PILGRIMS TO CLONMACNOISE CROSS, COUNTY OFFALY, c.1845

Francis William Topham RA OWS (1808-1877) Signature: with title and artist's name in pencil on original mount preserved on reverse Medium: watercolour Size: 11 x 18½in. (27.94 x 46.99cm) Estimate: €3,000 - €5,000 Price Realised: €4,000

Lot 22

WOMEN IN DRESS, TWILIGHT

George Russell ('Æ') (1867-1935) Signature: signed with monogram lower left; with Daniel Egan [Dublin] framing label on reverse Medium: oil on canvas Size: 16 x 21in. (40.64 x 53.34cm) Estimate: €3,000 - €5,000 Price Realised: €3,600

Lot 23

AN IMPORTANT LETTER, 1882

Sarah Henrietta Purser HRHA (1848-1943) Signature: signed [SH Purser] and with artist's address [19 Wellington Road] on reverse Medium: oil on canvas Size: 14 x 12in. (35.56 x 30.48cm) Estimate: €3,000 - €5,000 Price Realised: €10,000

Lot 24

TWO WOMEN ON A BEACH WITH PARASOLS

George Russell ('Æ') (1867-1935) Signature: signed with monogram lower left Medium: oil on canvas Size: 16 x 21in. (40.64 x 53.34cm) Estimate: €4,000 - €6,000 Price Realised: €4,000

Lot 25

APOLLO, CIGALE, FOL-BERG and LADY WITH FEATHERED HAT AND BOA, c.1898-1899

Paul Henry RHA (1876-1958) Signature: each signed lower left; three titled upper right Medium: gouache on board; (4) Size: 9 x 4in. (22.86 x 10.16cm) Estimate: €8,000 - €12,000 Price Realised: €14,000

Lot 26

WESTERN SKIES, c.1919

Paul Henry RHA (1876-1958) Signature: signed lower left Medium: oil on canvas Size: 20 x 24in. (50.80 x 60.96cm) Estimate: €50,000 - €70,000 Price Realised: €46,000

Lot 27

KILLARY BAY

Paul Henry RHA (1876-1958) Signature: signed lower left; titled in pencil on stretcher on reverse Medium: oil on canvas Size: 14 x 16in. (35.56 x 40.64cm) Estimate: €50,000 - €70,000 Price Realised: €140,000

Lot 28

LOOKING THROUGH THE WINDOW, 1929

John Luke RUA (1906-1975) Signature: signed upper left; signed and inscribed [School of Art, Municipal College of Technology, Belfast, Ulster] on reverse Medium: watercolour and gouache on board Size: 15¼ x 13¾in. (38.74 x 34.93cm) Estimate: €4,000 - €6,000 Price Realised: €6,200

Lot 29

IN A PUBLIC GARDEN [ST. STEPHEN'S GREEN, DUBLIN]

Grace Henry HRHA (1868-1953) Signature: signed lower right; signed again and titled in pencil on reverse; with Brook Street Art Gallery exhibition label on reverse Medium: oil on board Size: 11 x 14in. (27.94 x 35.56cm) Estimate: €4,000 - €6,000 Price Realised: €10,000

Lot 30

YORK MINSTER FROM THE MARKET PLACE

Letitia Marion Hamilton RHA (1878-1964) Signature: signed with initials lower right; titled and with artist's Palmerstown address in pencil on reverse Medium: oil on board Size: 10 x 10in. (25.40 x 25.40cm) Estimate: €1,500 - €2,000 Price Realised: €1,800