Art auction: Out of the Frying Pan and onto the canvas
William Scott’s 1946 painting of domestic accoutrements takes pride of place at deVeres’ latest online sale
On December 8, bidding ends for deVeres’ current Online Irish Art Auction. As we go to press, there are serious offers for Paul Henry’s Western Landscape, 40.6 x 61cm (€120,000-€160,000), and Jack B Yeats’s 1927 Kerry Fisherman: Fenit Lighthouse, 2.8 x 35.6cm (€100,000-€150,000). This portrays a role model from Yeats’s early youth, the seaman as hero, ready to take on whatever life sends him.
A second major Yeats is The Gaiety Theatre, Dublin (Romeo and ...
