WHYTE'S IMPORTANT IRISH ART Monday 11 March 2024 at 6pm

18 3 IMPORTANT IRISH ART · 11 MARCH 2024 AT 6PM 146 Markey Robinson (1918-1999) SAINT GERMAIN L’AUXERROIS, SUMMER EVENING, c.1950 oil on board signed lower right; inscribed with title on reverse 12 by 23.50in. (30.5 by 59.7cm) Frame Size: 15.5 by 27.5in. (39.4 by 69.9cm) Provenance: Presented by the artist to Mrs Irene Calvert MP in 1951 together with a pot of geraniums matching the crimson in the picture; Thence by descent; Whyte’s, 24 November 2014, lot 145; Private collection A rare early work by Markey from the collection of a well-known patron of the arts in Ulster in the early 1950s. It was following, and partly as a result of this commission, that the artist was commissioned to paint the then Governor of Northern Ireland, LordWakehurst. €3,000-€4,000 (£2,560-£3,420 approx.) Click here for more images and to bid on this lot146