Lot 32 · Modern and Contemporary Irish Art
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- Estimate
- £5,000–£7,000 hammer ≈ $10,332–$14,465
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Sotheby's — Modern and Contemporary Irish Art, London · 30 October 2007
- Record ID
- TB-2026-3695594
- Record
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Melita Denaro, hughie's home place at evening time: it used to be that knowing he was about was all that mattered. Sotheby's, 30 Oct 2007, lot 32. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-3695594.
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Melita Denaro, hughie's home place at evening time: it used to be that knowing he was about was all that mattered. Sotheby's, 30 Oct 2007, lot 32. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-3695594.
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From the same sale Modern and Contemporary Irish Art · Oct 2007
| Lot | Artist | Estimate | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Drumcree Sunset | P.p.r.u.a. Joseph Mcwilliams | £8,000–£12,000 | |
| Avant Garde and Kitsch | Gary Shaw | £3,000–£5,000 | |
| Getting out at Cherbourg | Hughie O'donoghue | £7,000–£10,000 | |
| Study towards an image of Federico Garcia Lorca | Louis Le Brocquy H.r.h.a. | £18,000–£25,000 | |
| Head of Samuel Beckett | Louis Le Brocquy H.r.h.a. | £25,000–£35,000 | |
| Noli me Tangere | Erik Van Der Grijn | £4,000–£6,000 |
Comparable results nearest sold works, same medium & price band
| Artist | Lot | vs. estimate | Result USD, incl. premium | Sale |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Melita Denaro | The Intimacy of Solitude | $16,415 | Sotheby's, Oct 2015 | |
| Melita Denaro | I saw the danger and still I passed along the enchanted way | Sotheby's, Sep 2016 | ||
| Hughie O'donoghue | Crows Above a Grainfield: Dusk | Sotheby's, May 2022 | ||
| Hughie O'donoghue | Hughie O'Donoghue, R.A., b. 1953 | Baius | Sotheby's, Sep 2021 | ||
| Melita Denaro | the old independent milking cow + a new (15th!) calf | Sotheby's, Oct 2006 | ||
| Daniel O'neill | All Dressed Up and Nowhere to Go | Sotheby's, Nov 2021 | ||
| Louis Le Brocquy H.r.h.a. | Dubliners | Christie's, Mar 2025 | ||
| Melita Denaro | melita denaro | venetia & i painting together through the st | Sotheby's, Nov 2019 |
The closest sold results by price, artist, and medium — the appraiser's comp set, generated from the corpus. All figures converted to USD at current reference rates.