Fine Arts: A masterful collection from Irish stately homes
A Graham Knuttel homage to James Joyce and a mid 19th-century shamrock table are among the items on offer at Sheppard’s two-day Great Irish Interiors sale
Show stoppers in Sheppard’s two-day sale this week start with Graham Knuttel’s homage to the master, a magnificent papier-mâché and leather creation entitled James Joyce Seated on a Chair, once in the collection of the late Gillian Bowler, founding chairwoman of Imma, 156x60x60cm (€14,000-€18,000).
A second is a unique bronze by John Behan, Horse and Rider, executed in 1968. Accompanying the lot is a biography outlining details of the artist’s modus operandi, signed by Behan, ...
