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 O’Kelly FISHING BOATS AT CONCARNEAU €22,000.

Lots sold at multiples of estimate:

26. Jack Butler Yeats RHA (1871-1957) CHRISTMAS CARD WITH ROBIN, 1901. €5600. (€1,000-€1,500)

167. Richard Thomas Moynan RHA (1856-1906) WOMAN AND CHILD. €5,200 (€1,000-€1,500

9. Roderic O'Conor (1860-1940) LA MAISON DU PENDU AU POULDU. €1,500. (€400-€600)

135. Attributed to Julius Olsson (1864-1942) KILLINEY BAY FROM SORRENTO PARK, DALKEY, COUNTY DUBLIN. €3,000. (€800-€1,000)

25. Jack Butler Yeats RHA (1871-1957) THE MAN WITH THE WRINKLED FACE, 1944. €245,000. (€80,000-€120,000)

163. Constance Gore-Booth Countess Markievicz (1868-1927) COTTAGE, 1900. €4,000. (€1,500-€2,000)

141. Markey Robinson (1918-1999) STILL LIFE WITH FLOWERS AND VASE. €2,100. €800-€1,000

142. Gladys Maccabe HRUA ROI FRSA (1918-2018) CLOWN WITH BALLOONS. €2,600. (€1,000-€1,500)

45. Arthur Armstrong RHA (1924-1996) BLUE STILL LIFE, 1966. €7,500. (€3000-€4,000). 2.5

22. Margaret Clarke (née Crilley) RHA (1888-1961) SELF PORTRAIT, c.1914. €48,000. (€20,000-€30,000). 2.4

29. Seán Keating PPRHA HRA HRSA (1889-1977) FOUR MEN, IN DISCUSSION. €12,000. (€5,000-€7,000)


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