WHYTE'S IRISH & INTERNATIONAL ART 26 FEBRUARY 2018

169 Mercedes Helnwein (b.1979) BRIDGETTE, 2004 pencil signed and dated lower right; titled on label on reverse 11 by 7in. (27.9 by 17.8cm) Provenance: Hunsaker/Schlesinger Fine Art, California, USA; Private collection Mercedes Helnwein is a daughter of artist Gottfried Helnwein, who has lived in Ireland since 1997 and is an Irish citizen. She lived in Ireland from 1997 to 2002, and now lives mainly in Los Angeles, with occasional lengthy visits to the family home of Gurteen Castle, Co. Tipperary. Mercedes Helnwein’s art debuted in 2003, with her first group exhibition hosted in Los Angeles by actor Jason Lee. She contributed art to the 2006 Beck album, The Information. In 2010 Damien Hirst acquired the entire work of Helnwein’s “Whistling Past the Graveyard” show in London. €1,500-€2,000 (£1,070-£1,430 approx.) Click Here for Large Images & To Bid Lot 169