Auction Diary

Irish & International Art

26 May 2025 Whyte’s auction demonstrated the continuing confidence in the market for Irish works of rarity and quality. An outstanding painting by Mainie Jellett, Achill Horses, 1933 claimed top hammer price of €210,000.
Paul Henry’s West of Ireland Bog sold for €125,000, while Anglesea Market, Dublin, 1933 by Harry Kernoff was hammered for its top estimate of €40,000.

William John Leech’s Gardeners Joy nearly doubled its lower estimate of €15,000 to sell at €28,000, and a Louis le Brocquy watercolour Image of Francis Bacon, 1980, made double its lower estimate of €12,000.

Other remarkable results included: Evie Hone watercolour Abstract Composition estimated €2,000 to €3,000 which made €5,400, Charles Vincent Lamb oil West of Ireland Landscape, estimate €1,500 to €2,000 which sold for €3,600, Bridget Riley Magenta And Blue, 2002 lithograph, estimate €8,000 to €12,000 took €14,500.

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