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Two Irish masters feature in Sotheby’s London’s Modern British sale on June 28

Voices from the Field: Walking to the mountain, Lisa Fingleton and John Joe Fitzgerald. Picture: Manuela Dei Grandi

Sotheby’s London is offering two works of Irish interest at its Modern British sale on June 28.

They include a beautiful painting of Venice titled A Shining Palace by William Leech, which is dated to 1911 during a period in which, the auctioneers say, he was engaged in a sustained quest for “trying to evolve sunlight and reflections” (£50,000-£70,000).

The second work, by Sir William Orpen, entitled The Yacht Race (Sighting the Boat), conveys the ...