Fine Arts: O’Conor, Kernoff and Yeats all shine at Whyte’s latest sale

Whyte’s will take the lead on Monday, September 26 by opening what can only be described as the busiest week in the auction calendar this year so far.

From studying the beautifully illustrated catalogue and scholarly notes, I was immediately drawn to lot 19, a Roderic O’Conor painting entitled Seated Breton Girl with Long Hair from 1900. It has great immediacy, due mainly to the fact this is a sizeable preparatory oil sketch by the ...