SALE OVER. Whyte’s autumn auction of Irish & International Art on 26 September included a wonderful array from the Estate of George & Maura McClelland [Lots 1-78]. The collection included some of the finest examples from the oeuvres of Gerard Dillon, Tony O’Malley, Louis le Brocquy, F.E. McWilliam, Colin Middleton, William Conor, Frank McKelvey, William Leech and many others. 170 works donated from the McClelland’s now form part of IMMA’s permanent collection. The balance of the sale [a further 102 lots] includes several other major works by Ireland’s best-known artists including Jack B Yeats, Paul Henry, Walter Osborne, Dan O'Neill and Harry Kernoff.
![THE POET SMILES, SEAMUS HEANEY SKETCHBOOK, HARVARD UNIVERSITY, BOSTON, 1994 [COLLECTION OF TEN DRAWINGS] by Ross Wilson ARUA (b.1957) at Whyte's Auctions](/images/archive/20160926/124_1.jpg "THE POET SMILES, SEAMUS HEANEY SKETCHBOOK, HARVARD UNIVERSITY, BOSTON, 1994 [COLLECTION OF TEN DRAWINGS] by Ross Wilson ARUA (b.1957) at Whyte's Auctions")
