Antiques Trade Gazette 29
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IRELAND’S LEADING FINE ART AUCTIONEERS FORTHCOMING IRISH ART SALES
Sean Keating PRHA (1889 - 1977) T
h ot Atoiy e Pr uhrt Est: €150,000 - 250,000 Included in our September 26th sale of Important Irish Art At Adam’s (20% buyers premium) sale
in Dublin on May 30, there were also some key works from private collections. Director David Britton said that the standard of lots on offer, as well as their market freshness, had enticed collectors back to the market. The top pictures included two Jack
Butler Yeats (1871-1957) oil paintings from the 17th century Beaulieu House in Drogheda being sold to raise money for ongoing restoration work. The two works sold slightly below estimate but provided handsome sums towards ensuring the continuing legacy of the house nevertheless. First up was Bound for the Islands from
1952 (painted when Yeats was 80) showing a sailor standing on a headland, reaching out to a ghostly expanse of sea and a boat beyond. These types of scenes, centred on isolated
figures, appear frequently in the artist’s later work and are perhaps an exploration of
mankind’s mortality. Estimated at €50,000-80,000, the
9 x 14in (23 x 35.5cm) oil on board sold at €48,000 (£40,680) to an Irish collector. Good Evening Men, an 18in x 2ft (45
x 60cm) oil on canvas from 1950, was a lighter, good-humoured picture. According to the late Nesbit Waddington of Beaulieu House, it showed a foreman peering into a hayloft from a ladder and finding his workmen playing cards. Estimated at €200,000-300,000, it sold
at €180,000 (£152,540) to a collector from outside Ireland. The top lot of the sale was a William
John Leech (1881-1968) oil on canvas. Coming from a private Dublin collection built up over the last 80 years by two generations of the same family, the 1908 Interior of a Café portrayed a group of customers at a
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Richard Thomas Moynan RHA (1856 - 1906) T
h rv ln hw (82
e Taelig So 19) Est: €150,000 - 250,000
Included in our December 5th sale of Important Irish Art
Left: Sean Keating’s Past Definite, Future Perfect, 1928 – €42,000 (£35,595) at Whyte’s.
As a long established firm, which this year celebrates our 125th anniversary, we pride ourselves in providing the most professional and personal service. From right across the spectrum of Irish art we hold many world and Irish records for some of the most celebrated Irish artists including a recent record for a work by Jack B Yeats, entitled Fair Day Mayo which made €1,000,000, the highest price ever paid at auction for a work of art in Ireland.
If you are interested in buying or selling Irish art please contact one of our specialists in total confidence and without any obligation.
26 St. Stephens Green, Dublin 2, Ireland.
Tel +353 1 6760261 Fax +353 1 6624725
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