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, WHYTE S SINCE 1783 IMPORTANT IRISH ART 26 NOVEMBER 2012 IMPORTANT IRISH ART MONDAY 26 NOVEMBER 2012 VIEWING Clyde Hall, Royal Dublin Society, Anglesea Road, Ballsbridge, Dublin 4 Friday 23 November, preview with wine and gallery talks 6pm to 8pm Saturday 24 November 10am to 6pm (Gallery Talk 3pm) Sunday 25 November 10am to 6pm (Gallery Talk 3pm) Monday 26 November 10am to 6pm AUCTION Monday 26 November at 6pm Clyde Hall, Royal Dublin Society, Anglesea Road, Ballsbridge, Dublin 4 ENQUIRIES Whyte's 38 Molesworth Street Dublin 2 Tel: 01 676 2888 Fax: 01 676 2880 E-mail: [email protected] BIDS Whyte's 38 Molesworth Street Dublin 2 Tel: 01 676 2888 Fax: 01 676 2880 E-mail: [email protected] On-line bids: www.whytes.ie Front cover: lot 44, Jack Butler Yeats, Against The Stream, 1945 (detail) Inside front cover: lot 10, Hughie O’Donoghue, A Long Time Gone, 2005 (detail) Page 2: lot 13, William Crozier, Entrance To The Strand (detail) Page 4: lot 49, Lilian Lucy Davidson, Bringing Home The Turf (detail) Page 6: lot 68, Attributed to Daniel MacDonald (or McDaniel), Tasting The Poitín In Ireland (detail) Page 8, 9: lot 33, Louis le Brocquy, Adam And Eve In The Garden, 1950-1952 (detail) Back cover: lot 55, William Conor, Homewards CONTENTS Important Notes 5 Ian Whyte Whyte's Guarantee of Authenticity 5 Managing Director Glossary of Terms 5 Whyte's Terms & Conditions 7 IMPORTANT IRISH ART 10 Abbreviations 126 Sarah Gates BA Topographical and General Index 126 Director Index of Artists inside back This catalogue was compiled by Adelle Hughes with assistance from Ian Whyte, Marianne Newman Director Sarah Gates and contributions from Bruce Arnold, Dr. Nicola Gordon-Bowe, Dr. Róisín Kennedy, Dr. S. B. Kennedy, Dr. Claudia Kinmonth, Prof. Kenneth McConkey, Dr. Éimear O’Connor and Dr. Yvonne Scott. We would also like to thank Edward Murphy and the staff of the National Irish Visual Arts Library, the National Library of Ireland and the many artists, art historians, collectors, dealers and galleries who have assisted in our research for this catalogue. Adelle Hughes BA MA Associate Director Copyright 2012 Whyte & Sons Auctioneers Limited. All rights reserved. ENQUIRIES CONTACTS This catalogue: E-mail Sarah Gates and [email protected] Aaron Lowry BA Adelle Hughes Curator Telephone Accounts: 01 676 2888 (+3531 676 2888 from UK and elsewhere) Seán Kelly Fax General Enquiries & 01 676 2880 (+3531 676 2880 from UK and elsewhere) Collection of Lots: Postal address Aaron Lowry 38 Molesworth Street, Dublin 2, Ireland Subscriptions: Websites Seán Kelly Accounts Samantha Woolley whytes.ie whytes.com whytes.net DESIGN: DES KIELY DESIGN PHOTOGRAPHY: GILLIAN BUCKLEY PRINTING: BRUNSWICK PRESS LTD. © COPYRIGHT 2012 Samantha Woolley WHYTE AND SONS AUCTIONEERS LTD. Reception ALL RIGHTS RESERVED , WHYTE S IMPORTANT NOTES S I N C E 1 7 8 3 ALL LOTS ARE SOLD SUBJECT TO OUR TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF SALE PRINTED ON PAGE 7 BUYERS’ COMMISSION PRICES REALISED 18% (excluding VAT) is added to the hammer price of all lots. A complete list of prices realised and unsold lots will be posted to our Internet website (www.whytes.ie) on the day after the sale. ROOM BIDDERS 1. Room bidders must register and obtain a bidding number on SPECIAL NOTICES CONCERNING THIS AUCTION arrival. Proof of identity is required from clients new to us. VENUE FOR AUCTION NIGHT 2. If successful in obtaining a lot please ensure you display your number clearly to the auctioneer and that it is your number that The venue for the auction is Clyde Hall, Royal Dublin Society, is called out. If there is any doubt about the hammer price or Anglesea Road, Ballsbridge, Dublin 4 and the sale starts at 6pm. buyer, please draw this to the attention of the auctioneer Bidder registration will take place here from 5pm on Monday 26 immediately. November and the sale starts at 6pm. Complimentary tea and 3. Payment may be made by cash, bank draft, cleared cheque, or coffee will be served in the café. credit card – we accept Mastercard or Visa (a charge of 2% is made on credit card transactions). We also accept Laser, Delta, COLLECTION OF LOTS Debit and Maestro Cash Cards (maximum of €1,500) free of Collection of purchases at this sale may be effected 10am to 3pm charges. on Tuesday 27 November from Clyde Hall. After that date lots may be collected from our Molesworth Street premises. ABSENTEE BIDDING Purchasers must pay for and collect all lots within 7 days of the 1. If you are unable to attend you may bid before the sale, using date of sale. Note: each lot is at the buyer’s risk from the fall of the the form provided. Enter the maximum you are prepared to hammer. Storage charges will apply after 7 days. offer for each lot and the auctioneer will represent you as if you MORE INFORMATION ON OUR WEBSITE are personally attending the sale. Lots are knocked down at one step above the next highest bid, and not necessarily at your whytes.ie or whytes.com highest bid. Example: your bid is €1,000 and next highest bid is Here you will find much useful information pertaining to lots in this €800 – the hammer price is €850. auction, including biographies and previous results for many of the 2. LIMIT BIDDING: Absentee bidders may limit their total purchases artists featured in this sale. to a set amount by entering their limit on the bidding form. This is especially useful for bidders wishing to cover as many lots as possible while setting a maximum amount to spend. WHYTE’S GUARANTEE OF AUTHENTICITY 3. “OR” BIDDING: Absentee bidders who wish to bid on two or Whyte’s takes especial care to ensure that all works offered in this more lots, but only wish to purchase one, may do so by entering catalogue are as described and are the work of the artists they are “OR” between the bids – the lots will be bid on in catalogue attributed to. In the event of any work sold from this catalogue to be order. subsequently proved to be a “deliberate forgery”, subject to our terms and 4. EQUAL BIDS: In the event of equal bids being received for the conditions of sale (especially Clause 5c) as printed elsewhere in this same lot the first received will be given preference. If the catalogue Whyte’s will cancel the sale and refund to the buyer the total amount paid by the buyer to Whyte’s for the item, in the currency of the instruction “break ties” is entered on the bid form the auctioneer original sale. This guarantee is provided for a period of seven (7) years after will increase the bid by one step in the event of equal bids being the date of the relevant auction, and may be extended at Whyte’s received or in the event of a tie with a room bidder. discretion. 5. “BUY” BIDS: Unless otherwise instructed bids of “Buy” or “Buy at Best” shall be taken to indicate bids of up to three times the stated higher estimate in the catalogue. GLOSSARY OF TERMS 6. LIVE INTERNET BIDDING: You may watch and/or bid live The following are examples of the terminology used in this catalogue. with video and audio link to the saleroom on our website 1 Sir John Lavery www.whytes.ie in our opinion a work by the artist. 7. LIVE TELEPHONE BIDDING may be arranged on request, subject 2 Attributed to Sir John Lavery In our opinion probably a work by the artist but less certainty as to to availability and given at least 24 hours notice. This facility is only authorship is expressed than in the preceding paragraph. available on lots estimated at €2,000 or more, and a minimum bid may be requested. 3 After Sir John Lavery In our opinion a copy of a known work by the artist. We also use this 8. INVOICING AND PAYMENT: Successful absentee bidders will be term for prints of works by the artist. sent a pro forma invoice immediately after the sale with details 4 The term signed and/or dated and/or inscribed means that in our of payment methods. All invoices must be paid within 7 days of opinion the signature and/or date and/or inscription are from the hand the date of the sale or the lot(s) may be deemed in default and of the artist. any subsequent losses incurred on resale become the 5 The term bears a signature and/or initials and/or date and/or responsibility of the bidder. The Auctioneers and House Agents inscription means that in our opinion the signature and/or date and/or Act, under which we are licensed to hold public auctions, only inscription has been added by another hand. allows for lots to be handed over to purchasers when paid for in full. 5 , WHYTE S S I N C E 1 7 8 3 TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF SALE NOTICE Whyte & Sons Auctioneers Limited, trading as Whyte’s, exercises all reasonable (c) If any lot sold at this auction is subsequently proved to be a “deliberate care to ensure that all descriptions are reliable and accurate, and that each item forgery”, Whyte’s will cancel the sale and refund to the buyer the total amount is genuine unless the contrary is indicated. However, the descriptions are not paid by the buyer for the item, in the currency of the original sale. The onus of intended to be, are not and are not to be taken to be, statements of fact or proving a lot to be a “deliberate forgery” is on the buyer.