menu
Departments
.svg)
Our next auction is the Mid-Century Modern online sale, featuring lots by a broad range of important designers and artists including John Shinnors, Mario Bellini, and Helmut Newton. The style is generally characterized by anaesthetic incorporating clean lines, minimal decoration, and organic and geometric shapes.
Viewing for the sale starts tomorrow in our St Stephen’s Green salesroom, with timings as follows:
Friday 3rd November: 10am – 5pm
Saturday 4th November: 1pm – 5pm
Sunday 5th November: 1pm – 5pm
Monday 6th November: 10am – 5pm
Tuesday 7th November: 10am – 12pm
John Shinnors’ ‘Road to Carraroe’ (Lot 23), estimated at €15,000 – 20,000,integrates abstracted elements of Irish landscape and architecture. The composition is dominated by black and white rectilinear forms and features recognisable motifs from his other works including houses, doors, and road signs.
Estimated at €10,000 – 15,000, Lot 115 is green mohair five-piece ‘Camaleonda’ sofa by Mario Bellini, an important Italian architect and designer. The timeless modular design of the ‘Camaleonda’ emphasises amorphous form and an innovative versatility in configuration through the incorporation of detachable and interchangeable elements.
Three monochrome lithograph prints by the German fashion photographer Helmut Newton are up for sale, each with an estimate of €1,500 – 2,000 (lots 40, 41 & 43). His iconic works are defined by a critical engagement with themes of voyeurism, desire, and the sexualised female body. Each of these prints showcase his widely recognised style, which subverted the accepted conventions of fashion photography and ensured him a legacy as one of the most influential photographers of the 20th century.
Other notable lots include a ‘Transat’ chair by prominent Irish architect and designer Eileen Gray (Lot 29), a screen print by Andy Warhol (Lot 100), and a rosewood desk by Omann Jun (Lot 45).
Please see our ‘Upcoming Auctions’ page for further information and the online catalogue for this sale.
Author: Kitty Astor, November 2023
.jpg)
Buying at Auction and the Role of Antiques in a Modern Home
Important Irish Art Auction Highlights
Oliver Dowling Collection by Aidan Dunne
2024 is a year in which Adam’s wants to recognise the key role buying antique furniture and furnishings at auction contributes greatly to the sustainable initiative. In 2019 the Environmental Protection Agency reported stark figures that each year in Ireland 1.2 million reusable bulky items, primarily furniture goes into landfill. Similar to the problem of ‘fast fashion’, the constant production and consumption of new items is leading to rapidly growing waste problem. We want to acknowledge those who are already buying second hand or antique furniture at auction and to encourage new buyers by highlighting the benefits of acquiring affordable, well-made quality items that are built to last.
Irish author, recipe creator and lifestyle influencer, Indy Parsons, selects her favourite pieces from our upcoming Fine Jewellery & Watches auction
.jpg)
Cork-born Irish actress, Sarah Greene, selects her favourite pieces from our upcoming Fine Jewellery & Watches auction
Yvonne Aupicq had met Orpen, we understand, while working as a nurse during the war. He had been admitted to hospital with a suspected case of scabies which ended up being a far more serious case of blood poisoning as he recounts in his wartime memoir ‘An Onlooker in France’. Their relationship continued after 1918 when Orpen was appointed as the official artist to The Paris Peace Conference. They relocated to capital and over the following decade he painted her numerous times, often nude as in Amiens 1914, or The Rape and Nude Girl Reading (1921). Working with her as his model during these early years after the war allowed Orpen an opportunity to re-fuel his creativity.
Editor-in-Chief of IMAGE Publications, Lizzie Gore-Grimes, selects her favourite pieces from our upcoming Fine Jewellery & Watches auction
Our upcoming Fine Jewellery & Watches auction on September 13th features a prime example of Van Cleef & Arpel's renowned 'Mystery Setting'
Our June auction offers a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to acquire one of the great masterpieces of Irish art and icons of Dublin’s history.
Georgia Chiesa selects some of her favourite lots in the upcoming Vintage Wine & Spirits Auction
"Beating the bounds is a tradition that can be traced back to the medieval period. At this time, land was divided into parishes and the clergy and church wardens held the responsibility for its upkeep and management. It was up to the Church to ensure that its parishioners knew the local boundary lines and, before maps became commonplace, this had to be kept as a mental record."
Adam’s in conjunction with Suzanne MacDougald are proud to host an online timed auction of artworks to aid the Irish Red Cross’s humanitarian work in delivering vital services to millions of people impacted by the conflict in Ukraine. With no buyers premium 100% of the hammer price will go directly to the Irish Red Cross.
Ros Drinkwater writes of Jack B Yeats' 'The Boat' in the Business Post:
With a consolidated result of €320,000,the At Home sale in Stephan’s Green, was a great success.
James Adam & Sons Ltd, Fine Art Auctioneers and Valuers, 26 St. Stephen’s Green, Dublin 2,
D02 X665, Ireland
