Important Irish Art 11/18
26 November 2018
GREAT RESULTS FOR GREAT ART
Continuing a very encouraging upward trend in the art market, this auction was extremely successful, with 85% selling rate and a gross sales total of 1.7 million. Some of the notable results were lot 25, Jack Yeats THE MAN WITH WRINKLED FACE at 245,000, 55 Louis le Brocquy IMAGE OF SAMUEL BECKETT 200,000, 22 Margaret Clarke SELF PORTRAIT 48,000, 15 Paul Henry MOUNTAINOUS LANDSCAPE 44,000, 73 Basil Blackshaw RACEHORSE 40,000, 8 Nathaniel Hone STORMY COAST 30,000, 80 Rowan Gillespie LADDER OF LIFE 30,000 and 13 Aloysius OKelly FISHING BOATS AT CONCARNEAU 22,000.