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CHRISTIE’S TO OFFER 14 WORKS OF ART FROM A PRIVATE COLLECTION AT INTERNATIONAL AUCTIONS IN LONDON AND NEW YORK IN NOVEMBER 2011

Christie’s will offer 14 works of art from a Private Collection at international auctions in London and New York in November 2011.

Including an impressive selection of 20th century Irish art, the selection of works from a Private Collector are being offered on instruction of the National Asset Management Agency (NAMA) in Ireland and are offered from a NAMA debtor who has co-operated in the disposal.
Three pictures will be offered at the auction of Post-War and Contemporary Art in New York on 9 November 2011, and 11 works will be offered at the auction of 20th Century British and Irish Art at Christie’s London, on 17 November 2011.
Post-War and Contemporary Art

9 November 2011, Christie’s New York

– Dollar Sign by Andy Warhol (1928-1987) (estimate: $400,000 to $600,000)
– Ace Airport by Alex Katz (b.1927) (estimate: $150,000 to $200,000)
– Arches Cover by Robert Motherwell (1915-1991) (estimate: $60,000 to $80,000)

20th Century British and Irish Art

– Still life variation 2 by William Scott (1913-1989) (estimate: £200,000 to £300,000)
– Côte de la Mer, Bretagne by Roderic O’Connor (1860-1940) (estimate: £150,000 to £250,000)
– Man doing accounts by Jack Butler Yeats (1871-1957) (estimate: £120,000 to £180,000)
– In Connemara by Paul Henry (1876-1958) (estimate: £70,000 to £100,000)
– Still life with candle by William Scott (1913-1989) (estimate: £60,000 to £80,000)
– Sailor Home from Sea by Jack Butler Yeats (1871-1957) (estimate: £60,000 to £80,000)
– Gateway 4 by Ivon Hitchens (1893-1979) (estimate: £60,000 to £80,000)
– Avington Water No. 1 by Ivon Hitchens (1893-1979) (estimate: £50,000 to £80,000)
– A Quiet Read by Roderic O’Connor (1860-1940) (estimate: £40,000 to £60,000)
– Tinkers Picking Whitethorn by Louis le Brocquy (b.1916) (estimate: £40,000 to £60,000)
– Woman by Louis le Brocquy (b.1916) (estimate: £40,000 to £60,000)

Image: Paul Henry (1876-1958), In Connemara (detail). Estimate: £70,000 to £100,000. Photo: Christie’s Images Ltd 2011.

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