A nude painting of singer-songwriter Sinéad O’Connor which was commissioned for the former Dublin nightclub Lillie’s Bordello sold for €19,000 - less than its guide estimate at auction last night (Monday)
It failed to make its estimated top price of €30,000 and was sold to a buyer online. The oil on canvas was painted in 2003 by Jim Fitzpatrick a Dublin born painter and graphic designer whose work draws strongly on Ireland’s Celtic mythology.
The portrait formed part of Whyte’s Important Irish Art Auction held at the Freemasons Hall on Molesworth Street in Dublin and online at Whytes.ie.
