, WHY TE S SINCE 1783 IRISH & BRITISH ART 12 MARCH 2012 IRISH & BRITISH ART MONDAY 12 MARCH 2012 VIEWING Clyde Hall, Royal Dublin Society, Anglesea Road, Ballsbridge, Dublin 4 Friday 9 March, opening reception and gallery talks 6pm to 8pm Saturday 10 March 10am to 6pm (Gallery Talk 3pm) Sunday 11 March 10am to 6pm (Gallery Talk 3pm) Monday 12 March 10am to 6pm AUCTION Monday 12 March 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 43, Charles Edward Perugini, Lovers In A Garden Inside front cover: lot 135, Patrick Hennessy, The Fledgling Page 8, 9: lot 52, Thomas James Mulvany, Coast Scene - Noon: Peasants Winnowing Corn, 1838 Page 90: lot 41, Grace Henry, Coming Home, Achill Island, c.1915 Page 92: lot 42, Sarah Henrietta Purser, Woman With Fan Page 94: lot 96, Study For “The Blue Window”, 1961 Back cover: lot 29, Jack Butler Yeats, On The Courthouse Steps, 1946 PLEASE NOTE The exhibition of works from this sale will take place at ROYAL DUBLIN SOCIETY, CLYDE HALL, ANGLESEA ROAD, BALLSBRIDGE Friday 9 March 6pm to 8pm Saturday 10 March 10am to 6pm Sunday 11 March 10am to 6pm Monday 12 March 10am to 6pm The auction will be held on Monday 12 March at 6pm at ROYAL DUBLIN SOCIETY, CLYDE HALL, ANGLESEA ROAD, BALLSBRIDGE BALLSBRIDGE MERRION OAD ROAD R WHYTE ,S R D S M A I N HALL ENTER HERE ANGLESEA COLLECTION OF PURCHASES Collection of purchases at this sale may be effected 10am to 3pm on Tuesday 13 March from Clyde Hall. After that date lots may be collected from our Molesworth Street premises. DESIGN: DES KIELY DESIGN PHOTOGRAPHY: GILLIAN BUCKLEY PRINTING: BRUNSWICK PRESS LTD. © COPYRIGHT 2012 WHYTE AND SONS AUCTIONEERS LTD. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED 2 CONTENTS Important Notes 5 Special Notices 5 Whyte's Guarantee of Authenticity 5 Glossary of Terms 5 Whyte's Terms & Conditions 7 IRISH & BRITISH ART 10 Abbreviations 100 Topographical and General Index 100 Index of Artists inside back This catalogue was compiled by Adelle Hughes with assistance from Ian Whyte, Sarah Gates and contributions from Dr. Róisín Kennedy, Dr. Peter Harbison and Ciarán Carty. 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 Ian Whyte Sarah Gates BA Managing Director Director this catalogue. Copyright 2012 Whyte & Sons Auctioneers Limited. All rights reserved. Marianne Newman Adelle Hughes BA MA Director Associate Director ENQUIRIES CONTACTS This catalogue: E-mail Sarah Gates and [email protected] Adelle Hughes Telephone Accounts: 01 676 2888 (+3531 676 2888 from UK and elsewhere) Peter Whyte Emma Betts BA MA Peter Whyte Fax General Enquiries: 01 676 2880 (+3531 676 2880 from UK and elsewhere) Emma Betts Postal address Curator: 38 Molesworth Street, Dublin 2, Ireland Aaron Lowry Websites whytes.ie whytes.com whytes.net Aaron Lowry BA Would you like... FREE access to the Horse Show next year? ...access to a superb Members’ Club? ...reciprocal benefits in other clubs? Join a Society that celebrates nearly 300 years of voluntary service. Call 01 240 7280 for a tour of the RDS Members’ Club and facilities. Individual and Corporate Membership categories available. Call 01 240 7280 www.rds.ie/membership IMPORTANT NOTES ALL LOTS ARE SOLD SUBJECT TO OUR TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF SALE PRINTED ON PAGE 7 BUYERS’ COMMISSION 16.26% (excluding VAT) is added to the hammer price of all lots. PRICES REALISED A complete list of prices realised and unsold lots will be posted to ROOM BIDDERS our Internet website (www.whytes.ie) on the day after the sale. 1. Room bidders must register and obtain a bidding number on arrival. Proof of identity is required from clients new to us. SPECIAL NOTICES CONCERNING THIS AUCTION 2. If successful in obtaining a lot please ensure you display your number clearly to the auctioneer and that it is your number that VENUE FOR AUCTION NIGHT is called out. If there is any doubt about the hammer price or The venue for the auction is Clyde Hall, Royal Dublin Society, buyer, please draw this to the attention of the auctioneer Anglesea Road, Ballsbridge, Dublin 4 and the sale starts at 6pm. immediately. 3. Payment may be made by cash, bank draft, cleared cheque, or Bidder registration will take place here from 5pm on Monday 12 credit card – we accept Access or Visa (a charge of 1.5% is made March and the sale starts at 6pm. Complimentary tea and coffee on credit card transactions). We also accept Laser, Delta, Debit will be served in the café. and Maestro Cash Cards (maximum of €1,500) free of charges. COLLECTION OF LOTS ABSENTEE BIDDING Collection of purchases at this sale may be effected 10am to 3pm on Tuesday 13 March from Clyde Hall. After that date lots may be 1. If you are unable to attend you may bid before the sale, using collected from our Molesworth Street premises. the form provided. Enter the maximum you are prepared to offer for each lot and the auctioneer will represent you as if you Purchasers must pay for and collect all lots within 7 days of the are personally attending the sale. Lots are knocked down at one date of sale. Note: each lot is at the buyer’s risk from the fall of the step above the next highest bid, and not necessarily at your hammer. Storage charges will apply after 7 days. highest bid. Example: your bid is €1,000 and next highest bid is MORE INFORMATION ON OUR WEBSITE €800 – the hammer price is €850. 2. LIMIT BIDDING: Absentee bidders may limit their total purchases whytes.ie or whytes.com to a set amount by entering their limit on the bidding form. This Here you will find much useful information pertaining to lots in this is especially useful for bidders wishing to cover as many lots as auction, including biographies and previous results for many of the possible while setting a maximum amount to spend. artists featured in this sale. 3. “OR” BIDDING: Absentee bidders who wish to bid on two or more lots, but only wish to purchase one, may do so by entering “OR” between the bids – the lots will be bid on in catalogue WHYTE’S GUARANTEE OF AUTHENTICITY order. Whyte’s takes especial care to ensure that all works offered in this 4. EQUAL BIDS: In the event of equal bids being received for the catalogue are as described and are the work of the artists they are same lot the first received will be given preference. If the attributed to. In the event of any work sold from this catalogue to be instruction “break ties” is entered on the bid form the auctioneer subsequently proved to be a “deliberate forgery”, subject to our terms and will increase the bid by one step in the event of equal bids being conditions of sale (especially Clause 5c) as printed elsewhere in this received or in the event of a tie with a room bidder. 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 5. “BUY” BIDS: Unless otherwise instructed bids of “Buy” or “Buy at original sale. This guarantee is provided for a period of seven (7) years after Best” shall be taken to indicate bids of up to three times the the date of the relevant auction, and may be extended at Whyte’s stated higher estimate in the catalogue. discretion. 6. LIVE INTERNET BIDDING: You may watch and/or bid live with video and audio link to the saleroom on our website GLOSSARY OF TERMS www.whytes.ie The following are examples of the terminology used in this catalogue. 7. LIVE TELEPHONE BIDDING may be arranged on request, subject to availability and given at least 24 hours notice. This facility is only 1 Sir John Lavery in our opinion a work by the artist. available on lots estimated at €2,000 or more, and a minimum bid may be requested. 2 Attributed to Sir John Lavery In our opinion probably a work by the artist but less certainty as to 8. INVOICING AND PAYMENT: Successful absentee bidders will be authorship is expressed than in the preceding paragraph. sent a pro forma invoice immediately after the sale with details 3 After Sir John Lavery of payment methods. All invoices must be paid within 7 days of In our opinion a copy of a known work by the artist. We also use this the date of the sale or the lot(s) may be deemed in default and term for prints of works by the artist. any subsequent losses incurred on resale become the 4 The term signed and/or dated and/or inscribed means that in our responsibility of the bidder. The Auctioneers and House Agents opinion the signature and/or date and/or inscription are from the hand Act, under which we are licensed to hold public auctions, only of the artist. allows for lots to be handed over to purchasers when paid for in full.