Whyte s annual review 2020
Paul Henry s A Sunny Day Connemara set a new world record of 420,000.
DUBLIN
.- On March 9 Whytes held its first major art auction of the year, just as the pandemic took effect in Ireland. That weekend the government imposed the first set of restrictions including a limit of 100 people at indoor events. The auction room at the RDS was packed and nearly exceeded that limit. The sale was extremely successful and grossed 1.2 million for 85% of the lots offered. Unusually the highest result was for a Polish artist, Tadeusz Brzozowski (1918-1987) whose painting MASTIFF (CWAJNOS), 1967, fetched 190,000 plus fees from a collector in Poland. Of course there was an Irish connection the painting had been exhibited at ROSC in 1967 after which it was purchased by an Irish collector.