WHYTES
SINCE 1783
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111
248
Yann Renard Goulet RHA
(1914-1999)
DEATH MASK OF MÁIRTÍN Ó DIREÁIN
(1910-1988)
bronze
11 by 7 by 6in. (27.94 by 17.78 by
15.24cm)
Ó Direáin was a celebrated Irish language
poet from Inis Mór.
€
600-
€
800 (£510-£680 approx.)
249
Oisín Kelly RHA (1915-1981)
STUDY FOR CHARIOT OF FIRE, 1979 and
NATIVITY (A PAIR)
spray paint stencil on paper; (1); woodcut;
(no. 21 from an edition of 36); (1)
both, signed and dated in pencil in the
lower margin; the former dated [1979],
the latter numbered lower right
16.50 by 23in. (41.91 by 58.42cm)
Provenance:
Family of Austin Clarke;
Private collection
Both unframed. Dimensions of
Nativity
, 6.5 by
4in, sheet size, 8 by 5in.
Chariot of Fire
pre-dates the artist’s iconic
copper-bronze,
Chariot of Life,
which was
unveiled on the Irish Life Centre plaza, on
Dublin’s Lower Abbey Street the year after the
artist’s death in 1982.
€
300-
€
400 (£260-£340 approx.)
251
Louis le Brocquy HRHA
(1916-2012)
THE TÁIN, 1969
first limited edition; Dolmen Press,
Dublin
12 by 8in. (30.48 by 20.32cm)
€
500-
€
700 (£430-£600 approx.)
253
Susan Sex
ANACAMPTIS
PYRAMIDALIS,
SAND DUNES,
PORTMARNOCK,
1997 and
IRELAND’S WILD
ORCHIDS
[2004]
watercolour over
pencil on cotton
rag paper; (1); limited edition book; (1)
watercolour, signed, inscribed and dated
[July] in pencil lower right; book (no. 556 of
700), signed and numbered on edition’s
page
19.75 by 12.75in. (50.17 by 32.39cm)
Provenance:
National Botanic Gardens, Glasnevin,
Dublin;
Private collection
Exhibited:
‘Orchid Portraits, Botanical Watercolours by
Susan Sex’, National Botanic Gardens,
Glasnevin, Dublin, 11-26 October 1997,
catalogue no. 23 (detail reproduced as a
postcard for the exhibition)
A copy of the exhibition catalogue, invitation and
postcards accompany this lot.
€
800-
€
1,000 (£680-£850 approx.)
END OF SALE
250
Louis le Brocquy HRHA
(1916-2012)
EIGHT IRISH PORTRAITS IN WORDS AND
WATERCOLOUR, 1990
off-set lithograph print (no. 0431 from
an edition of 1000)
signed and numbered on the colophon
10.50 by 9.50in. (26.67 by 24.13cm)
€
800-
€
1,000 (£680-£850 approx.)
252
THE WHOSEDAY BOOK - SPECIAL EDITION
limited edition book; (no. 40 from an edtion
of 42)
signed by almost 100 contributors
8 by 9.50in. (20.32 by 24.13cm)
Proceeds from this sale will be donated to
the Irish Hospice Foundation.
Special Limited Edition of only 42 signed copies,
introduced and signed by the late Seamus
Heaney and by almost 100 of the contributors.
Among the signatories are: Louis le Brocquy,
Maeve Binchy, Roddy Doyle , Felim Egan, Colm
Tóibín, Bob Geldof, Sebastian Barry, Alice Maher,
John Rocha, Hugh Leonard, Frank McGuinness,
Patrick Scott, Charles Haughey, John Banville and
U2 band members Bono and The Edge among
many others. Cloth bound in Irish linen and
printed on varnished paper with full copper
inlays.This special limited edition is a very scarce
and desirable item.
€
1,000-
€
1,500 (£850-£1,280 approx.)
Ex 252
Ex 249
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