Whyte’s Important Irish Art auction on Monday 3 March grossed over €1.2 million. An outstanding painting by Paul Henry demonstrated his amazing artistic talent and rightfully claimed top hammer price of €270,000 (lot 20 Paul Henry RHA (1876-1958) LAKE AND MOUNTAINS IN CONNEMARA, 1933-6). Colin Middleton SLIGO LANDSCAPE, 1940 attracted a winning bid of €21,000 (estimate €14,000-€18,000), and Mary Swanzy HRHA (1882-1978) LA ROUTE went for €36,000 against a pre-sale estimate of €20,000-€30,000. Other notable results include Jack Butler Yeats RHA (1871-1957) MEXICAN NOON and MEXICAN JOE, c.1901, which fetched €10,000 (estimate €6,000-€8,000), Albert Lynch (Prussian/French, 1851-1912) LA JOLIE FILLE [THE PRETTY GIRL] with a sale price of €11,500 (estimate €3,000-€5,000), while Liam O'Neill (b.1954) BRINGING HOME THE TURF achieved a result of €26,000 (estimate €12,000-€18,000).
