MORE GREAT RESULTS AT WHYTE'S
Whyte's Irish and International Art auction on 26 February grossed just under €900,000, with 85% of lots sold.
The top prices were: (presale estimates in brackets):
Lot 30, Landscape, West of Ireland by Paul Henry €80,000 (€80,000-€120,000);
Lot 52, Reaching. Homage to John Montague by Louis le Brocquy €80,000 (€40,000-€60,000);
Lot 31, Old Men Bathing by Jack B Yeats €50,000 (€40,000-€60,000);
Lot 22, The Aran Island Turf Boat by Sean Keating €38,000 (€50,000-€70,000);
Lot 39, Summer Night by Daniel O’Neill €19,000 (€20,000-€30,000);
Lot 106 The Boru Mask (bronze sculpture, No 3 from an edition of 3 by Rory Breslin €10,000 (€5,000-€7,000);
Many lots exceeded the estimates, with some making up to 6 times lower estimate. Here is a selection of the best performers:
Lot 102, Philip
Jones (1933-2008) ROCK SEPARATION, 2005, €3,800, (€600-€800)
Lot 117, Henry Bruen (1856–1927) COLLECTION OF 34 TOPOGRAPHICAL WATERCOLOURS (1905-1917), €1,500, (€300-€400)
Lot 19, Daniel O'Neill (1920-1974) IN THE BAR, €1,600, (€400-€600)
Lot 173, Aidan Bradley (b.1961) THE SOUTH WALL, €2,300, (€800-€1200)
Lot 126, William Percy French (1854-1920) GRAND CANAL, DUBLIN, 1896, €5,600, (€2000-€3000)
Lot 32, William Eric Horsbrugh-Porter (1905-1985) VIEW OF WILD FLOWERS LOOKING TOWARDS THE SEA, €1,050, (€400-€600)
Lot 138, Muriel Brandt RHA (1909-1981) ALONG THE QUAYS, DUBLIN, €1,300, (€500-€700)
Lot 68, Richard Gorman RHA (b.1946) SLIDE, €1,000, (€400-€600)
Lot 107, Oisín Kelly RHA (1915-1981) FAMILY GROUP, 1962, €1,250, (€500-€700)
Lot 1, Liam O'Neill (b.1954) THREE MEN IN A BOAT, €4,800, (€2000-€3000)
Lot 67, Cecil King (1921-1986) TWO 1, 1977, €1,150, (€500-€700)
Lot 66, Cecil King (1921-1986) INTRUSIONS, 1973, €1,750, (€800-€1200)
Lot 108, Imogen Stuart RHA (b.1927) SAINT BRIGID FEEDING THE POOR, c.1970, €1,300, (€600-€800)
Lot 74, Patrick Scott HRHA (1921-2014) TANGRAM III, 2005, €3,200, (€1500-€2000)
Lot 44, Salvador Dali (Spanish, 1904-1989) THE DIVINE COMEDY, PARADISE, CANTO: 8, THE GREATEST BEAUTY OF BEATRICE, €1,700, (€800-€1200)
Lot 54, Theo McNab (1940-2015) ROOM 3/3 B, €1,700, (€800-€1200)
Lot 69, Richard Gorman RHA (b.1946) SEIN, €850, (€400-€600)
Lot 132, William Percy French (1854-1920) SAILING BOAT ON A LAKE, 1910, €4,200, (€2000-€3000)
Lot 133, William Percy French (1854-1920) BOG LAKE AT SUNSET, €4,200, (€2000-€3000)