ALTHOUGH a small selection of furniture is included in Monday's sale at Adams of Blackrock, paintings represent the great majority of the 90 plus lots. Jack B. Yeats is represented by a very early picture in pen, ink and gouache; depicting coaches on London's Northumberland Avenue, it dates from 1893 and is highly representational in contrast to the artist's later work. It has an estimate of £2,000-£3,000. Four watercolours by Percy French, each expected to sell for around £1,000, are in the auction, as well as two watercolours by Maurice Wilks, estimated at £250-£350 and £600-£900.
A very large cartoon from the studio of Harry Clarke shows the Virgin and Child with two saints and has an estimate of £800-£1,000. This is not the only religious painting in the sale; a fine 18th century Italian Sacra Conversazione should sell for £2,000-£2,500 and a 20th century portrait of the Jesuit theologian and cardinal Robert Bellarmine is estimated at £1,000-£1,500.
Among the Irish pictures are an Aloysius O'Kelly portrait of a young girl with flowers (£6,000-£9,000), a small William Sadler oil showing the entrance to Dublin harbour (£2,000-£3,000), a Basil Blackshaw landscape (£700-£900) and a Daniel O'Neill oil (£1,400-£1,800). There is an Irish connection in the watercolour by Augustus John in this auction; it shows three Galway fisherwomen and has an estimate of £5,000-£7,000. Of the furniture, probably the finest piece is a George IV mahogany sofa table (£2,500-£3,000).
