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Lot 510
Boîte en bronze à patine noire dans le goût archaïque d'un esprit de la terre ailé à 4 pattes. H. 4.4x12x9.4 cm Arts d'Asie Asian Art Chine - China - China;Arts d'Asie - Asian Art - Asiatica;Mythologie - mythology - Mythologie;Sculptures - Sculptures - Skulpturen;Animalier - animal sculpture - Tierskulptur
Lot 122
John Behan RHA (b.1938) BIRD bronze on stone base with fossilised fish Estate of Judge Desmond Windle The Art Collection of Desmond P.H. Windle (1933-2014) Whyte’s are proud to present the collection of pictures and sculpture formed by Desmond Windle, a distinguished lawyer and art lover. Desmond’s life-long interest in art developed as a young solicitor in 1950s Dublin, inspired by his aunt’s (Molly Matthews) love of art. A regular attendee at galleries and studios, he collected modern and contemporary Irish art for over 60 years. He supported many young emerging artists and, in the early days, acquired some paintings by way of barter in exchange for legal advice to the frequently impecunious artists being threatened with eviction. Invariably their tenancy was secured. He never stopped collecting and decorated all available wall space in his home with a diverse collection of works and, thereafter, most available floor space. Favourites included works by Patrick Collins, John Behan, Michael Kane, Gerald Davis, Felim Egan, Robert Ballagh, Charles Brady, Charles Harper, George Campbell, Bernadette Madden and Seán McSweeney. Works from this wonderful collection, included in this 2 October 2017 sale, are lots 2, 5, 10, 15, 20, 26, 35, 48, 50, 53, 54, 56, 58, 59, 62, 66, 67, 91, 92, 94, 102, 103, 111, 112, 116, 120, 121, 122, 124 and 169. Further selections from this extensive collection will be offered in future auctions at Whyte’s. 28 by 20 by 30.50in. (71.1 by 50.8 by 77.5cm)
Lot 72
Frederick Edward McWilliam RA HRUA (1909-1992) LOVING CUP, 1966 bronze with a polished gold patina; (no.1 from an edition of 5) signed with initials and numbered on base Purchased directly from the artist’s studio by the present owner’s parents in the late 1960s;Thence by descent 'F.E. McWilliam Sculpture 1932-1989', Tate Gallery, London, May to July 1989, no. 56 (another example) D. Ferran and V. Holman, The Sculpture of F.E. McWilliam, Surrey, 2012, p.146, no. 308 (another cast illustrated) The Loving Cup pertains to a series of 'Bean' sculptures from 1965-1966, a richly suggestive body of work which Mel Gooding describes as taking inspiration from a coco de mer palm tree that the artist had in his studio. 14.25 by 7.25in. (36.2 by 18.4cm)
Lot 136
Rory Breslin (b.1963) MASK OF THE BOYNE bronze; (no. 1 from an edition of 3) The Mask of the Boyne is a larger than life-size bronze interpretation of Edward Smyth's River God keystone on the South facade of Dublin's Custom House.The face is fine and perhaps expresses a pensive and perhaps worried countenance. The head is crowned by leaves of laurel intermixed with ears of wheat. Notable for cattle today, it would appear that the banks of the Boyne in Meath were abundant in grain in the eighteenth century. The presentation of the beard is redolent of the meandering of the Boyne as it winds its way in a north easterly direction for seventy miles through counties Offaly, Meath and Louth before entering the Irish Sea below the historic town of Drogheda.In 1773, on the recommendation of the right Hon. John Beresford, Chief Commissioner of Revenue, it was decided that a new Custom House be built on the site of what was then called the North Lots. Designed by James Gandon, it was completed in 1791 at a cost of nearly half a million pounds.Gandon engaged Smith, to executed the various decorations in the frieze and in the interior of the building, and the fourteen heads symbolical of the principal Rivers of Ireland, on the keystones of the arches. Impressed by Smiths depictions of the river heads, Gandon says that they...."are executed by Mr. E. Smith, a native of Ireland, a gentleman who, without having had the advantage of foreign travel or opportunity of seeing many specimens of sculpture, has given proof of abilities equal to any in the Three Kingdoms."The Custom House was the first major public building built in Dublin as an isolated structure with four monumental façades. It is often considered architecturally the most important building in Dublin and is sited on the riverfront with Beresford Place to the rear. The site chosen for the new Custom House met with much opposition from city merchants at the time, who feared that its move down river from its original site at Essex Quay would lessen the value of their properties while making the property owners down river wealthier. 35 by 16in. (88.9 by 40.6cm)
Lot 124
John Behan RHA (b.1938) OARBOAT, 2006 bronze signed and dated Estate of Judge Desmond Windle The Art Collection of Desmond P.H. Windle (1933-2014) Whyte’s are proud to present the collection of pictures and sculpture formed by Desmond Windle, a distinguished lawyer and art lover. Desmond’s life-long interest in art developed as a young solicitor in 1950s Dublin, inspired by his aunt’s (Molly Matthews) love of art. A regular attendee at galleries and studios, he collected modern and contemporary Irish art for over 60 years. He supported many young emerging artists and, in the early days, acquired some paintings by way of barter in exchange for legal advice to the frequently impecunious artists being threatened with eviction. Invariably their tenancy was secured. He never stopped collecting and decorated all available wall space in his home with a diverse collection of works and, thereafter, most available floor space. Favourites included works by Patrick Collins, John Behan, Michael Kane, Gerald Davis, Felim Egan, Robert Ballagh, Charles Brady, Charles Harper, George Campbell, Bernadette Madden and Seán McSweeney. Works from this wonderful collection, included in this 2 October 2017 sale, are lots 2, 5, 10, 15, 20, 26, 35, 48, 50, 53, 54, 56, 58, 59, 62, 66, 67, 91, 92, 94, 102, 103, 111, 112, 116, 120, 121, 122, 124 and 169. Further selections from this extensive collection will be offered in future auctions at Whyte’s. 18.50 by 9 by 24in. (47 by 22.9 by 61cm)
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Lot 121
John Behan RHA (b.1938) ARCHER bronze on black marble base with Carroll Gallery [Longford] label on base Carroll Gallery, Longford;Estate of Judge Desmond Windle The Art Collection of Desmond P.H. Windle (1933-2014) Whyte’s are proud to present the collection of pictures and sculpture formed by Desmond Windle, a distinguished lawyer and art lover. Desmond’s life-long interest in art developed as a young solicitor in 1950s Dublin, inspired by his aunt’s (Molly Matthews) love of art. A regular attendee at galleries and studios, he collected modern and contemporary Irish art for over 60 years. He supported many young emerging artists and, in the early days, acquired some paintings by way of barter in exchange for legal advice to the frequently impecunious artists being threatened with eviction. Invariably their tenancy was secured. He never stopped collecting and decorated all available wall space in his home with a diverse collection of works and, thereafter, most available floor space. Favourites included works by Patrick Collins, John Behan, Michael Kane, Gerald Davis, Felim Egan, Robert Ballagh, Charles Brady, Charles Harper, George Campbell, Bernadette Madden and Seán McSweeney. Works from this wonderful collection, included in this 2 October 2017 sale, are lots 2, 5, 10, 15, 20, 26, 35, 48, 50, 53, 54, 56, 58, 59, 62, 66, 67, 91, 92, 94, 102, 103, 111, 112, 116, 120, 121, 122, 124 and 169. Further selections from this extensive collection will be offered in future auctions at Whyte’s. 25 by 9 by 20in. (63.5 by 22.9 by 50.8cm)
Lot 73
Frederick Edward McWilliam RA HRUA (1909-1992) PAS DE QUATRE, 1981 plaster; (painted) The Artist's Estate;Mayor Gallery, London;Where purchased by the previous owner;Collection of Louis Kinlen; Thence by descent to Judge Dermot Kinlen;His sale, Adams, 28 May 2008, lot 30;Private collection 'F.E. McWilliam: Early Sculptures 1935-48, with some recent works', Warwick Arts Trust, London, June 1982 (illustrated in catalogue);'F.E. McWilliam, Sculpture 1932-1989', Tate Gallery, London, 10 May to 9 July 1989, no. 70 (illustrated in catalogue) Denise Ferran and Valerie Holman, The Sculpture of F.E. McWilliam, Lund Humphries, Surrey, 2012, catalogue no. 475 (illustrated p.169) Pas de Quatre, literally is 'step for four' a ballet dance for four dancers, choreographed by Jules Perrot in 1845. McWilliam loved the ballet and sculpted the portrait bust of the Irish born ballerina, Dame Ninette de Valois (1898 - 2001) in 1963, the plaster cast, of which, is in the collection of the FEMcWilliam Gallery, Banbridge. Bronze casts of this portrait head are in the collection of the National Portrait Gallery, in Convent Garden and in the Royal Ballet School, which she founded. Pas de Quarter belongs to McWilliam's leg series, which spanned from 1978 until 1987, when McWilliam used female legs in a provocatively playful way, often using similar casts of legs to create different works, as in 'Legs Signalling A & B, 1978, Ferran & Holman, no.466 & no. 467. In this work, the four legs below and the four legs above represent the four ballerinas, pirouetting together at the end of the ballet divertissement. The strong contrast of black and white suggests movement with the feet on points, flowing into the four legs above, which also suggest the uplifted arms of the ballerinas. In the photograph McWilliam took of his sitting room in Holland Park in 1988, the same year, his wife Beth died, 'Pas de Quatre' is included. Unusual in its form and dramatic in black and white, it had a certain significance for McWilliam, to have it included in his sitting room, at this time.Dr Denise FerranSeptember 2017 78in. (198.1cm)
Lot 44
Cody Swanson (American, b.1985) ADAM CROPPING, 2011 bronze; (unique) Jorgensen Fine Art, Dublin;Private collection Cody Swanson was born in Minneapolis, MN and currently resides in Florence, Italy. Cody holds an M.A. in Liturgy, Sacred Art and Architecture from the European University in Rome, and spent five consecutive years teaching sculpture with the Florence Academy of Art where he also studied sculpture. As a sculptor Cody works primarily in clay, plaster, bronze and marble. In 2011, he was given the honor from the Cardinal of Florence, His Eminence Guiseppe Betori, to produce a 4-meter sculpture depicting St. Emygdius for the Cathedral of Foligno and a silver processional cross for the Cathedral of Florence. In Ireland, he has exhibited at Jorgensen Fine Art and Solomon Gallery. 20 by 17.50 by 12.50in. (50.8 by 44.5 by 31.8cm)
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