20 May 2014 - Chatsworth Fine Art Sale

#0229

Lot 508A/0229

SOLD Hammer price €1300

An exceptionally good set of 4 heavy gilded brass three branch Wall Lights, decorated with leaves and scrolls, 51cms (20″) high. (4)

Lot 509/0229

SOLD Hammer price €1600

A good large brass Hall Lantern, in the Georgian style, with scroll corners over four bevelled and engraved glass panels, on ball feet, 81cms (32″) high, with brass chain. (1)

Lot 512/0229

SOLD Hammer price €90

Iris Villiers

“A potted pink Camellia,” O.O.C., 71cms x 36cms (28″ x 14″), signed, in painted frame. (1)

Lot 516/0229

SOLD Hammer price €300

After J. Sturgess

“Punchestown, Conyngham Cup, 1872,” a good set of four large hand coloured Racing Prints engraved by E.G. Hester, each approx. 63cms x 96cms (25″ x 37 1/2″), framed. (4)

Lot 520/0229

SOLD Hammer price €300

“The Stags Head, Dublin,” O.O.Canvas, 71cms x 110cms (28″ x 43″). (1)

Lot 524/0229

SOLD Hammer price €500

Douglas Alexander

Watercolours: “Lower Lake, Killarney,” and “Caragh Lake,” both signed, approx. 36cms x 52cms (14″ x 20 1/2″), each mounted and in matching frames. (2)

Lot 525/0229

SOLD Hammer price €900

Salvador Dali, Signed Limited Edition of 100

“Wood Engravings from Dante’s Divine Comedy,” a series of four:
A. No. 3 “Charon Crosses the Acheron,” signed and numbered 3 (100);
B. No. 63, “The Meeting of Dante and Beatrice,” signed and numbered, 63 (100);
C. No. 74, “Dante’s Renewed Doubt,” signed and numbered 74 (100);
D. No. 90, “Triumph of Christ and the Virgin,” signed and numbered, 90 (100);
all in attractive gilt frames.
* The above purchased from Galeria Jaime, 111 Palma de Mallorca, Spain, and all with original certificates. (4)

Lot 535/0229

SOLD Hammer price €480

James Mc Kenna, Sculptor (1933 – 2000)

Bronze: “Figure from Citizen’s Tree, 1966,” One of an edition of five, stamped and numbered on base, 25cms x 10cms (10″ x 4″). (1)
Literature: Sean Kissane, Susan Daniel Mc Elroy, James Mc Kenna, Irish Museum of Modern Art, 2007, p. 43.

Lot 536/0229

SOLD Hammer price €2200

James Mc Kenna, Sculptor, (1933 – 2000)

Bronze: “Group from Citizens’ Tree,” 1966. One of a edition of 5, stamped on base, 42cms x 28cms (16 1/2″ x 11″).
Literature: Sean Kissane and Susan Daniel Mc Elroy, James Mc Kenna, Irish Museum of Modern Art, 2007, pp. 36 – 45. (1)
* Citizens’ Tree commemorates the fiftieth anniversary of the 1916 Rising. Mc Kenna’s memorial consisted of a tree of figurative groups including The Five Lamps and Five Stalwart Hurlers as well as single figures and present group of adult male and female figures. Whilst the plaster maquette for Citizens’ Tree no longer survives and the full scale memorial was never realised, individual groups were cast in bronze in 1985 and featured in the recent retrospective of Mc Kenna’s work at IMMA.

Lot 538/0229

SOLD Hammer price €220

Almir Mavignier (20th Century)

“B4 – Green on Red Silkscreen,” approx. 90cms x 90cms, Limited 14 (200), signed and dated, painted frame. (1)

Lot 541/0229

SOLD Hammer price €380

Beatrice Salkeld 1928 – 1993

“White Cat on a Window Ledge,” 51cms x 40cms (20″ x 15 3/4″), signed on board, framed.
* The artist was the wife of the author Brendan Behan. (1)

Lot 545/0229

SOLD Hammer price €1200

Pauline Bewick, (b. 1935)

Watercolour: “Autumn,” an attractive abstract cut-out watercolour, approx. 38cms x 37cms (15″ x 14 1/2″), signed, large gilt frame. (1)

Lot 545A/0229

SOLD Hammer price €200

G.W. Morrison ’37

Watercolours: “Port Braddon, Whitepark Bay,” and “Fair Head, Co. Antrim,” a pair, 26cms x 18.5cms (10 1/4″ x 7 1/4″) both, in gilt frames. (2)

Lot 547/0229

SOLD Hammer price €340

Annie Robinson (b. 1961)

“West of Ireland Landscape with figures and cottages in foreground mountains beyond,” O.O.C., 40cms x 50cms (16″ x 20″) approx. (1)

Lot 548/0229

SOLD Hammer price €300

Walter Cheadle, c. 1935

Watercolour: “Elegant young Girl in blue dress, in a windy landscape, with her dog,” 65cms x 49cms (25 1/2″ x 19 1/4″), signed and dated, hogarth frame. (1)

Lot 550/0229

SOLD Hammer price €625

19th Century Brabazon School? Corot

“Landscape with figure by a lime tree in foreground,” bears signature “Corot”, O.O.Board, 24.5cms x 20cms (9 1/2″ x 7 3/4″), in contemporary composition gilt frame. (1)

Lot 551/0229

SOLD Hammer price €400

Early 19th Century English School

An Italianate style coastal landscape with figures and animals in foreground, buildings and mountains beyond,” O.O.C., 24cms x 35cms (9 1/2″ x 13 3/4″) in gilt frame. (1)

Lot 553/0229

SOLD Hammer price €2300

Early 18th Century Irish School

“St. Oliver Plunkett” a small head and shoulders portrait, showing the sitter wearing his bishop cross. O.O.C., 37cms x 30.5cms (14 1/2″ x 12″), with remains of an old label on stretcher, in a later gilt frame.
Provenance: By direct family descent from George Noble Count Plunkett, to the present owner. (1)

Lot 554/0229

SOLD Hammer price €600

Thomas Fitzpatrick 1860 – 1912

Original Pen and Ink Sketch: “George Noble Count Plunkett with two of his daughters, Geraldine “Architecture” on his left and Mimi “Art”, a fine pen and ink drawing, signed approx. 30cms x 24.5cms (12″ x 9 1/2″). Inscribed on reverse. In gilt frame.
* Fitzpatrick, born in Cork, began his art career with Messrs. Guy the colour printers and publishers. He later worked as a cartoonist with “The Weekly Freeman,” and “The Weekly National Press” where his reputation was enhanced as a political cartoonist in the style of J.F. O’Hea. In 1905, he established his own publication “The Leprechaun,” a cartoon monthly.
Provenance: By direct family descent from George Noble Count Plunkett to the present owner. (1)

Lot 556/0229

SOLD Hammer price €920

Copley Fielding 1787 – 1855

“The Approaching Storm,” a coastal scene with fisherfolk in foreground gathering up their nets, shipping beyond. O.O.panel 25cms x 33cms (9 3/4″ x 13″), with printed label on reverse, and framers label, Cotman Galleries, Birmingham. In gilt frame. (1)