Art Auctions

Important Irish Art

29 September 2025 Following another highly successful auction in May, bringing impressive results for our sellers, we are now accepting consignments for our next auction of Important Irish Art on 29 September 2025.

Please contact us now if interested in consigning.

Email - Peter Whyte pw@whytes.ie or Ian Whyte iw@whytes.ie
Telephone: 01 6762888 (from outside Ireland: +353 (0)1 676 2888)
10am to 5pm GMT Monday to Friday.

Summer Online Art Auction

30 June 2025 An exciting array of accessible art from Ireland and around the world. Many prominent artists represented including Graham Knuttel, Gerard Byrne, Cecil Maguire, Paul Henry, Jack Butler Yeats, Sidney Nolan, Pauline Bewick, Damien Hirst, Diana Copperwhite and many more.

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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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Spring Online Art Sale

24 March 2025 An exciting array of accessible art from Ireland and around the world. Many prominent artists represented including William Orpen, Mary Swanzy, George Campbell, Gerard Dillon, Patrick Collins, William Scott, Robert Ballagh, Louise Mansfield, Harry Kernoff, John Ffrench and many more.

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Important Irish Art

3 March 2025 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.
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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).

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Christmas Art Sale

11 December 2024 A seasonal sale of affordable art suitable as gifts of enduring value. Many prominent artists represented including Jack Yeats, Louis le Brocquy, Norah McGuinness, Graham Knuttel, Kenneth Webb, Markey Robinson, Pauline Bewick and many more.

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Irish & International Art

2 December 2024 Whyte’s Irish & International Art auction on Monday 2 December grossed over €1.2 million. An outstanding painting by Paul Henry demonstrated his amazing artistic talent and rightfully claimed top hammer price of €210,000 (lot 27, KILLARY BAY, CONNEMARA, c.1910-15). Jack Butler Yeats THE DUST ON THY CHARIOT WHEEL, 1945 attracted a winning bid of €160,000, and James Osborne (1940-1992) THE RACE, 1992 went for €6,800 to a collector with a keen interest in sculpture.
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Other notable results include Letitia Marion Hamilton RHA (1878-1964) RAINBOW AND COTTAGES, which fetched €3,400 (estimate €1,500-€2,000), William Crozier HRHA (1930-2011) STILL LIFE WITH PLANT AND BOUQUET with a sale price of €14,000 (estimate €8,000-€12,000), while John Butler Yeats RHA (1839-1922) SELF PORTRAIT achieved a result of €1,250 (estimate €600-€800).

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Autumn Online Art Auction

21 October 2024 An exciting array of accessible art from Ireland and around the world. Many prominent artists represented including Graham Knuttel, Louise Mansfield, John Skelton, Ciaran Clear, Harry Kernoff, Imogen Stuart, Maurice MacGonigal, Sidney Nolan, Louis le Brocquy, Tony O'Malley, Patrick Caulfield, Neill Shawcross, Barry Castle and many more.

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Important Irish Art

30 September 2024 Whyte’s Important Irish Art auction on Monday 30 September grossed over €1.3 million. An outstanding painting by Jack Yeats created in his 85th year demonstrated his amazing artistic talent and rightfully claimed top hammer price of €210,000 (lot 30, Top Of The Tide). Paul Henry’s STONY FIELDS OF KERRY attracted a winning bid of €180,000, and Leo Whelan’s portrait of Michael Collins went for €60,000 to a collector with a keen interest in Irish history.
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Other notable results include Nano Reid (1900-1981) MEGALITHIC TOMB, which fetched €10,500 (estimate €6,000-€8,000), Grace Henry HRHA (1868-1953) COTTAGES, ACHILL with a sale price of €13,000 (estimate €8,000-€12,000), while Patrick Hennessy RHA (1915-1980) LADY URSULA VERNON, AT BRUREE HOUSE, COUNTY LIMERICK achieved a result of €20,000 (estimate €8,000-€12,000).

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Summer Online Art Auction

1 July 2024 An exciting array of accessible art from Ireland and around the world. Many prominent artists represented including Graham Knuttel, Louise Mansfield, John Skelton, Jack Butler Yeats, Colin Middleton, Nano Reid, Pauline Bewick, Rita Duffy, Neil Shawcross, Banksy, Edward Delaney and many more.

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Important Irish Art

27 May 2024 Whyte’s Important Irish Art auction on Monday 27 May grossed over €2 million. Large oil paintings got the best prices: Jack Yeats’ 1952 Discovery grossed €473,000 and Paul Henry’s 1916 A Village in the West made €348,000 including buyers’ commission. Whyte’s auction results in the first half of 2024 confirm the continuing demand for Irish art of quality and value, and Whyte’s position as foremost in the Irish art market.

Mary Swanzy HRHA (1882-1978) IN THE WINDOW, 1920s sold for €90,000 (estimate €60,000-€80,000), Sir John Lavery RA RSA RHA (1856-1941) MISS ALICE FULTON AT PAISLEY LAWN TENNIS CLUB, 1889 fetched €95,000 (estimate €60,000-€80,000), William John Leech RHA ROI (1881-1968) THE PLACE, CONCARNEAU, MORNING reached a sale price of €20,000 (estimate €4,000-€6,000), while William Conor OBE RHA RUA ROI (1881-1968) THE WHIRL OF THE DANCE achieved a result of €42,000 (estimate €20,000-€30,000).


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Spring Online Art Auction

25 March 2024 An exciting array of accessible art from Ireland and around the world. Many prominent artists represented including Gerard Dillon, Seán Keating, Nano Reid, Mary Swanzy, Maurice MacGonigal, George Campbell, Pauline Bewick, Graham Knuttel, Richard Gorman, John Ffrench and many more.

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Important Irish Art

11 March 2024 Our 11 March auction of Important Irish Art saw strong demand for works of exceptional quality.

The top lot, Paul Henry RHA (1876-1958), COTTAGES BY A LAKE, ACHILL, CONNEMARA, sold for a hammer price €220,000 (Estimate €180,000-€220,000). Frank McKelvey RHA RUA (1895-1974) FAIR DAY, ROUNDSTONE, COUNTY GALWAY c.1959 sold for €26,000 (estimate €15,000-€20,000), Grace Henry HRHA (1868-1953) LITTLE WAVES, ACHILL, 1915-19 fetched €30,000 (estimate €10,000-€15,000), Fortunino Matania (1881-1963) THE LAST GENERAL ABSOLUTION OF THE MUNSTERS AT RUE DU BOIS reached a sale price of €61,000 (estimate €30,000-€40,000), while Bridget Riley RA (b.1931) ECHO, 1998 achieved a result of €8,000 (estimate €3,000-€5,000).

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ART FOR GAZA

2 March 2024 All proceeds to Médecins Sans Frontières.
No Buyer’s Commission – Please bid generously.

On view at The Copper House Gallery, 9 St Kevin’s Cottages, Portobello, Dublin 8 D08 EE73 10am to 5pm 29 February to 2 March

Bidding at the timed online auction starts on 23 February at bid.whytes.ie, closing on Saturday 2 March at 5pm to 7pm.

The art has been generously donated by leading Irish artists. The entire proceeds of the auction, without deduction of costs, will go to Médecins Sans Frontières, Doctors Without Borders who are working on the ground in Gaza.

Artwork for sale includes pieces by President Michael D. Higgins, Sean Scully, Mick Mulcahy, Charlie Tyrell, Brian Henderson, Alice Hanratty, Guggi, Tim Booth, Dorothy Cross, Brian Bourke, Jay Murphy, James English, Domino Whisker, John Behan, Brian Maguire, Suzy O’Mullane, Maria Simmonds Gooding, Abigail O’Brien, Michael Kane, Constance Short, Michele Sweetman, Brona Anderson, Shane MacGowan, Annette McNamee, Jim Fitzpatrick, Rowan Gillespie, Roisin Murphy, Orla de Brí, John Noel Smith, Shevaun Doherty, Eric Luke, Pauline Bewick, John Gerrard and the UK’s Michael Landy and Michael Stipe.

The Christmas Sale of Art & Collectibles

13 December 2023 A seasonal sale of art, books, silver, rare wines and spirits suitable as gifts of enduring value.

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Important Irish Art

4 December 2023 Our 4 December auction of Important Irish Art saw strong demand for works of exceptional quality.

Sir John Lavery RA RSA RHA (1856-1941) SWITZERLAND [HAZEL AND ALICE], 1913, sold for €230,000 (Estimate €180,000-€220,000), Seán Keating PRHA HRA HRSA (1889-1977) THE GOOSE GIRL, 1917 sold for €62,000 (estimate €25,000-€35,000), Mainie Jellett (1897-1944) ABSTRACT COMPOSITION, c.1929 fetched €27,000 (estimate €10,000-€15,000), 19th Century Irish School RUINS OF THE ROYAL ARCADE, DUBLIN recorded a sale price of €12,000 (estimate €6,000-€8,000), while Mark O'Neill (b.1963) AWAITING FRIENDS, 2011 achieved a result of €8,000 (estimate €5,000-€7,000).

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Autumn Online Art Auction

23 October 2023 An exciting array of accessible art from Ireland and around the world. Many prominent artists represented including Paul Henry, William Orpen, Jack Yeats, Pauline Bewick, Graham Knuttel, Imogen Stuart, Banksy and many more.

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Irish & International Art

2 October 2023 Whyte’s is pleased to present this important auction of Irish and International art. Artists represented in the collection include William Percy French, Letitia Hamilton, Rose Mary Barton, William Orpen, John Lavery, Paul Henry, William Leech, William Conor, Seán Keating, Gerard Dillon, Norah McGuinness, Patrick Collins, Louis le Brocquy, Tony O'Malley, Donald Teskey, John Shinnors, Genieve Figgis, Rowan Gillespie and many more.

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Summer Online Art Sale

10 July 2023 An exciting array of accessible art from Ireland and around the world. Many prominent artists represented including Paul Henry, Jack Yeats, Norah McGuinness, Graham Knuttel, Robert Ballagh, Markey Robinson, Pauline Bewick and many more.

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Irish & International Art

29 May 2023 Whyte’s is pleased to present this important auction of Irish and International art. Artists represented in the collection include Jack Butler Yeats, Paul Henry, Roderic O'Conor, Camille Souter, Louis le Brocquy, George Russell, Mary Swanzy, Evie Hone, Basil Blackshaw, Patrick Collins, Tony O'Malley, Francis Bacon, Andy Warhol, L. S. Lowry, Bob Dylan and many more.

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