Irish Art To Fetch Top Prices

Influential paintings by two of Ireland's most sought-after artists top the bill when a collection of Irish art goes under the hammer next month reports Independent.ie. And despite the drop in art prices, experts at Sotheby's of London said the works by Sir John Lavery and Louis le Brocquy could fetch more than half a million euro each. Auctioneers said le Brocquy's Spanish Shawl, A Study in White, was hugely influential while Lavery's The Gold Turban was one of his finest art works. Auctioneers put a guide price of 331,000-555,000 euro on the le Brocquy work and 441,000-665,000 euro on the Lavery, both of which are being sold from private collections. The pieces are included in Sotheby's annual Irish art sale on May 6 but will be brought to Dublin, Belfast and Lismore Castle, Waterford for pre-auction displays later this month. http://www.sothebys.com/(Sotheby's). For full source and full article click the Headline).
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