Mainie Jellett Paintings & Artwork for Sale | Mainie Jellett Art Value Price Guide

Oct. 19, 2024
MAINIE (MARY HARRIET) JELLETT : Brustbildnis eines Mannes,
Est: €300 - €450
MAINIE (MARY HARRIET) JELLETT 1897 - Dublin - 1944 Brustbildnis eines Mannes, im Dreiviertelprofil nach rechts. Bleistiftzeichnung 1918. Signiert und datiert. Verso mit nicht vollständig ausgeführter Bleistiftstudie (Sitzender weiblicher Akt von hinten). Auf chamoisfarbenem Simili-Japan. 17 x 15,5 cm (Darstellung). Angestaubt, vereinzelt fleckig, Ränder mit kleinen Läsuren sowie mit Nadelspuren in den Ecken. [bg]
Winterberg-Kunst
Oct. 08, 2024
MAINIE JELLETT, IRISH 1897-1944, STUDY OF A MALE NUDE, Oil on canvas, 20 x 16 in. (50.8 x 40.6 cm.), Frame: 22 x 18 in. (55.9 x 45.7 cm.)
Est: $2,000 - $3,000
MAINIE JELLETT IRISH, 1897-1944 STUDY OF A MALE NUDE Oil on canvas Catalogue note: Mainie Harriett Jellett began her artistic studies at the Metropolitan School of Art in Dublin, where she studied under William Orpen. Jellett continued her studies under Walter Sickert at the Westminster Technical Institute in London, where she was enrolled from 1917 until 1919. In 1921, while in Paris studying at the ateliers of Andre Lhote and Albert Gleizes, the artist encountered cubism and began exploring abstraction. Jellett was one of the first Irish artists to explore modernism and abstraction and her painting "Decoration" was among the first abstract paintings shown in Ireland when it was exhibited at the Society of Dublin Painters Group Show in 1923.
Potomack Company
Oct. 01, 2024
Mainie Jellett (1897 - 1944) Abstract, 1933 Gouache, 24.5 x 20cm Signed and dated lower right, with inscription verso Provenance: With the Dawson Gallery, Dublin, where purchased
Est: €4,000 - €6,000
Mainie Jellett (1897 - 1944) Abstract, 1933 Gouache, 24.5 x 20cm Signed and dated lower right, with inscription verso Provenance: With the Dawson Gallery, Dublin, where purchased
Adam's
Aug. 11, 2024
MAINIE JELLETT (1897-1944 IRELAND) CUBIST GOUACHE
Est: $3,000 - $6,000
Mary Harriet "Mainie" Jellett (1897-1944 Ireland) Untitled Abstract Composition Gouache on Paper. Signed bottom center. Paper measures 18.5x11.5". Paper laid down to cardstock backing with overall size of 21x14.5". Unframed. Noticable crease across artwork. Strong colors and overall good condition, a fine example of Jellett's cubist inspired artwork.
District Auction
Apr. 27, 2024
MAINIE JELLETT IRISH 1897-1944
Est: $7,000 - $12,000
Untitled, (Abstraction), gouache, 13 2/5 x 8.7/8 in (33.4 x 22.5 cm), framed 22 x 16 1/2 in (55.9 x 41.9 cm), signed lower right, PROVENANCE: Private collector Mamaroneck, NY
Trinity International Auctions & Appraisals, LLC
Mar. 11, 2024
Mainie Jellett (1897-1944) STUDY FOR BOG AND SEA, 1940
Est: €2,000 - €3,000
Mainie Jellett (1897-1944) STUDY FOR BOG AND SEA, 1940 gouache signed and dated lower right; with original exhibition label on reverse h:10.50 w:14.25 in. Provenance: The artist's estate; Purchased from the Waddington Galleries, Dublin, June 1944 by Mr & Mrs C. E. F. Trench, Co. Meath; Whyte's, 18 November 2003, lot 10; Private collection Exhibited: ’Paintings by Mainie Jellett’, 7 St. Stephen’s Green, Dublin, 21 November to 3 December 1941, catalogue no. 34 [5 guineas]; ‘Mainie Jellett Memorial Exhibition’, Dublin Painters Gallery and Waddington Galleries, Dublin, 1-14 June 1944, catalogue no. 30 [6 guineas]; ’Mainie Jellett 1897-1944: A Retrospective Exhibition of Paintings and Drawings’, Municipal Gallery of Modern Art, Dublin, 26 July to 7 October 1962, catalogue no. 65 (loaned by Mrs C. E. F. Trench)
Whyte's
Mar. 05, 2024
MAINIE JELLETT (1897 - 1944)
Est: €500 - €700
Abstract Forms. Pencil sketch. Framed. Provenance: From the Artist's Studio Sale. Image size: 27 x 21 cm.; framed: 46 x 38 cm. PICTURES AND PRINTS Approximate Time 15:13:20
Sheppards
Dec. 04, 2023
Mainie Jellett (1897-1944) ABSTRACT COMPOSITION, c.1929
Est: €10,000 - €15,000
Mainie Jellett (1897-1944) ABSTRACT COMPOSITION, c.1929 gouache with Neptune Gallery exhibition label on reverse h:18 w:11 in. Exhibited: 'Mainie Jellett, 1897-1944 : A Retrospective Exhibition of Paintings and Drawings', Municipal Gallery of Modern Art, Dublin, 26 July to 7 October 1962, catalogue no. 41; 'Mainie Jellett 1897-1944', Neptune Gallery, Dublin, 12 September to 26 October 1974, catalogue no. 48 Literature: Arnold, Bruce, Mainie Jellett and the Modern Movement in Ireland, Yale University Press New Haven & London, 1991, no. 149, p. 111 (illustrated in colour)
Whyte's
Nov. 29, 2023
Mainie Jellett (Irish, 1897-1944), for Ceadogán Rugs Mainie Jellet No. 2 (Executed in March 2022No. 4 from an edition of 10)
Est: £2,000 - £3,000
Mainie Jellett (Irish, 1897-1944), for Ceadogán Rugs Mainie Jellet No. 2 hand tufted wool rug 188 x 122cm (74 x 48 1/16in). Executed in March 2022 No. 4 from an edition of 10
Bonhams
Sep. 27, 2023
Mainie Jellett (1897 - 1944) Composition Gouache, 26 x 21cm (10¼ x 8¼) Signed and dated (19)'26
Est: €4,000 - €6,000
Mainie Jellett (1897 - 1944) Composition Gouache, 26 x 21cm (10¼ x 8¼) Signed and dated (19)'26
Adam's
Mar. 08, 2023
MAINIE JELLETT (IRISH 1897-1944)
Est: £2,000 - £3,000
MAINIE JELLETT (IRISH 1897-1944) Property of a Private Collection MAINIE JELLETT (IRISH 1897-1944) Composition gouache 23 x 18 cm PROVENANCE: European Modern Art, Dublin, 1991 Sale, Sotheby's, London, 23rd November 2006, lot 217 Private Collection, London Mainie Jellett was an Irish artist born in 1897. She was a pioneering figure in the development of abstract art in Ireland and was one of the founders of the Irish Exhibition of Living Art. Jellett's work was heavily influenced by the work of Kazimir Malevich, who was one of the pioneers of abstract art. She was particularly interested in his use of geometric shapes and the way in which he used colour to create a sense of depth and movement in his paintings. Her use of geometric shapes and bold colours has been particularly influential in shaping the aesthetic of modern abstract art. Jellett was deeply religious, and her works often reflect a religious element or iconography. The presents works (Lots 22 and 23) may be an abstract head of Christ. Her religious beliefs helped her to weather criticism of her oeuvre in a country that was more used to representational art; conversely, the religious undertones helped to win people over and she is now recognised as a champion of the modern movement in Ireland.
Chiswick Auctions
Mar. 08, 2023
MAINIE JELLETT (IRISH 1897-1944)
Est: £1,000 - £2,000
MAINIE JELLETT (IRISH 1897-1944) Property of a Private Collection MAINIE JELLETT (IRISH 1897-1944) Composition sepia wash 23 x 18 cm PROVENANCE: European Modern Art, Dublin, 1991 Sale, Sotheby's, London, 23rd November 2006, lot 216 Private Collection, London Mainie Jellett was an Irish artist born in 1897. She was a pioneering figure in the development of abstract art in Ireland and was one of the founders of the Irish Exhibition of Living Art. Jellett's work was heavily influenced by the work of Kazimir Malevich, who was one of the pioneers of abstract art. She was particularly interested in his use of geometric shapes and the way in which he used colour to create a sense of depth and movement in his paintings. Her use of geometric shapes and bold colours has been particularly influential in shaping the aesthetic of modern abstract art. Jellett was deeply religious, and her works often reflect a religious element or iconography. The presents works (Lots 22 and 23) may be an abstract head of Christ. Her religious beliefs helped her to weather criticism of her oeuvre in a country that was more used to representational art; conversely, the religious undertones helped to win people over and she is now recognised as a champion of the modern movement in Ireland.
Chiswick Auctions
Mar. 06, 2023
Mainie Jellett (1897-1944) ÁVILA, SPAIN, c.1920s
Est: €6,000 - €8,000
Mainie Jellett (1897-1944) ÁVILA, SPAIN, c.1920s oil on board signed and titled on reverse h:11.50 w:14 in. Provenance: Gifted from the artist to Sarah Purser; Thence by descent to her nephew; Gifted to the artist R. A. Davey; Thence to the present owner
Whyte's
Nov. 28, 2022
Mainie Jellett (1897-1944) ABSTRACT COMPOSITION
Est: €8,000 - €12,000
Mainie Jellett (1897-1944) ABSTRACT COMPOSITION gouache h:18 w:15.50 in. An abstract and figure painter, Jellett started to take watercolour lessons as a young girl, later working under Sarah Cecilia Harrison and May Manning. She entered the Dublin Metropolitan School of Art in 1914 while William Orpen was teaching there. Three years later she went to study at the Westminster Art School in London with Walter Sickert. It was there that she met Evie Hone who became a lifelong friend. In 1920 she won the Taylor Scholarship and this money allowed her to travel to Paris with Hone, where they worked in André Lhote's studio. Here they had their first taste of Cubism, however, after a while they both decided to move into the realm of pure abstract painting and transferred to work with Albert Gleizes. On her return to Ireland, Jellett continued to visit him during the summer for the next ten years. In Dublin she gave painting lessons from her home and began to exhibit her cubist paintings, which received hostile criticism from George Russell. During the 1920s she exhibited regularly at the Dublin Painter's Gallery while also showing at several exhibitions in Paris. Her art developed a greater realism in the 1930s and also became more religious in subject matter. She exhibited at the RHA from 1930 to 1937 while at the same time contributing to the Watercolour Society of Ireland until 1943. She became a leader in the modern movement in Ireland and joined the avant-garde group of painters, the White Stag, in 1940, regularly lecturing and exhibiting with them. She exhibited in the first ever Irish Exhibition of Living Art, where she had been appointed chairman but was unable to attend as she fell ill and died a short time later. Her works are in all the major Irish collections. For another example by Mainie Jellett see lot 31.
Whyte's
Nov. 28, 2022
Mainie Jellett (1897-1944) COMPOSITION, 1936
Est: €25,000 - €35,000
Mainie Jellett (1897-1944) COMPOSITION, 1936 oil on canvas signed and dated lower right; signed and titled on reverse h:38 w:32 in. Composition 1936 was executed thirteen years after Mainie Jellett first exposed art audiences in Ireland to abstraction at the Society of Dublin Painters exhibition in autumn of 1923. It was widely condemned by critics at that time. This sizable oil on canvas example is characteristic of her style in the 1930s when she had moved away from the pure abstraction of the 1920s towards the semi-abstract figurative style seen here. Although the title does not indicate a religious subject matter, elements of the composition - the central figure/s flanked harmoniously upper left and right by similar shapes and radiating line and colour - echo themes such as the crucifixion or the Madonna and child. Jellett and her friend, fellow artist Evie Hone, were both deeply religious people and the inclusion of this very familiar narrative in their oeuvre aided Irish audiences in their interpretation of this new visual language. By the end of the 1930s Jellett and her contemporaries had succeeded in making Modernism not only palatable to Irish audiences but relevant to the establishment which, under Éamon de Valera, understood the importance of being seen to be 'Modern'. In 1938 Jellett's work was selected to decorate the Irish Pavilion at the Glasgow World Fair and the following year in New York alongside Hone. Composition 1936 was painted just before this watershed moment in Jellet's career and in Irish art history. Adelle Hughes, November 2022 For another example by Mainie Jellett and a concise biography see lot 32.
Whyte's
Sep. 26, 2022
Mainie Jellett (1897-1944) BABBIN AND BETTY, FITZWILLIAM SQUARE, DUBLIN, 1918
Est: €3,000 - €4,000
Mainie Jellett (1897-1944) BABBIN AND BETTY, FITZWILLIAM SQUARE, DUBLIN, 1918 watercolour signed and dated lower right h:9.75 w:8.50 in. Provenance: The artist's estate; Collection of Mavis Arnold; de Veres, 25 November 2003, lot 31; Private collection; Whyte's, 29 November 2005, lot 82; Private collection From an early age Jellett painted her youngest sisters Babbin and Betty (or Rosamund and Elizabeth), both on holidays in Co. Donegal and at home, on Fitzwilliam Square. The present work relates to an oil painting of the same year, Babbin and Betty, illustrated in Bruce Arnold’s book, Mainie Jellett and the Modern Movement in Ireland, page 27.
Whyte's
Mar. 30, 2022
Mainie Jellett (1897 - 1944) Two Elements Gouache, 30.5 x 22.5cm Provenance: With the Dawson Gallery, Dublin; Sir Basil Goulding; With Taylor Galleries Dublin, December 1982 catalogue no. 23; Private Collection Dublin. Exhibited: Cork R
Est: €3,000 - €5,000
Mainie Jellett (1897 - 1944) Two Elements Gouache, 30.5 x 22.5cm Provenance: With the Dawson Gallery, Dublin; Sir Basil Goulding; With Taylor Galleries Dublin, December 1982 catalogue no. 23; Private Collection Dublin. Exhibited: Cork ROSC 1980 ' Irish Art 1943 - 1973'
Adam's
Dec. 08, 2021
Mainie Jellett (1897-1944) Seated Female Nude Pencil on paper, 33.5 x 24cm (13¼ x 9½'') Provenance: With Peppercanister Gallery, Dublin, from where purchased by current owner.
Est: €4,000 - €6,000
Mainie Jellett (1897-1944) Seated Female Nude Pencil on paper, 33.5 x 24cm (13¼ x 9½'') Provenance: With Peppercanister Gallery, Dublin, from where purchased by current owner.
Adam's
Dec. 08, 2021
Mainie Jellett (1897 - 1944) Woman Stitching Pencil, 24cm x 21.5cm Signed and Dated (1918 indistinctly) Provenance: With the Peppercanister Gallery, Dublin. The Artist's estate
Est: €600 - €800
Mainie Jellett (1897 - 1944) Woman Stitching Pencil, 24cm x 21.5cm Signed and Dated (1918 indistinctly) Provenance: With the Peppercanister Gallery, Dublin. The Artist's estate
Adam's
Sep. 29, 2021
Mainie Jellett (1897 -1944) Abstract Study Graphite on tracing paper, 22 x 18cm (8¾ x 7'')
Est: €600 - €800
Mainie Jellett (1897 -1944) Abstract Study Graphite on tracing paper, 22 x 18cm (8¾ x 7'')
Adam's
Sep. 29, 2021
Mainie Jellett (1897-1944) Bridge in Co. Cork Watercolour, 24 x 20cm (9½ x 7¾)
Est: €1,500 - €2,500
Mainie Jellett (1897-1944) Bridge in Co. Cork Watercolour, 24 x 20cm (9½ x 7¾)
Adam's
Jun. 02, 2021
Mainie Jellett (1897-1944) - Model at The Westminster School, c.1919
Est: €1,500 - €2,000
Mainie Jellett (1897-1944) Model at The Westminster School, c.1919 Pencil and Watercolour, 28.5 x 23.5cm (11¼ x 9¼'') Signed Starting Bid: € 1050
Adam's
Dec. 09, 2020
Mainie Jellett (1897-1944) Study for an abstract composition Gouache on paper, 17.5 x 15cm (6¾ x 5¾'') Provenance: With The Neptune Gallery, Dublin.
Est: €500 - €700
Mainie Jellett (1897-1944) Study for an abstract composition Gouache on paper, 17.5 x 15cm (6¾ x 5¾'') Provenance: With The Neptune Gallery, Dublin.
Adam's
Oct. 27, 2020
Mainie Jellett (1897-1944) Bookplate Design for Charles John Skrine with Achill Horse, Hound, Bee Hive and Swans
Est: €800 - €1,200
Mainie Jellett (1897-1944) Bookplate Design for Charles John Skrine with Achill Horse, Hound, Bee Hive and Swans pencil drawing h:12.20 w:8.50 cm. Provenance: From the Estate of Dr Eileen McCarvill; The Frederick Gallery, Dublin where acquired by the present owner
Morgan O'Driscoll
Oct. 27, 2020
Mainie Jellett (1897-1944) Madonna and Child
Est: €1,200 - €1,800
Mainie Jellett (1897-1944) Madonna and Child pencil drawing h:17 w:17 cm. Provenance: From the Estate of Dr Eileen McCarvill; The Frederick Gallery, Dublin 2005 where it was acquired by the present owner Exhibited: The Final Show, The Frederick Gallery - May 2005, Catalogue No.22
Morgan O'Driscoll
Oct. 19, 2020
Mainie Jellett (1897-1944) PAINTING, 1930
Est: €15,000 - €20,000
signed and dated lower right; with small hand-written label on reverse; with Irish Art Exhibition [Brussels] label inscribed with artist's name, address [36 Fitzwilliam Sq., Dublin] and title; with Corporation of Dublin exhibition label on reverse; also with James Bourlet & Son's label on reverse
Whyte's
Oct. 19, 2020
Mainie Jellett (1897-1944) COMPOSITION
Est: €600 - €800
with Frederick Gallery label on reverse
Whyte's
Sep. 02, 2020
Mainie Jellett (1897-1944)CompositionGouache, 26 x 17cm (10¼ x 6¾'')Provenance: With The Dawson Gallery, Dublin. Collection of Antoinette & Patrick J. Murphy
Est: €2,000 - €3,000
Mainie Jellett (1897-1944)CompositionGouache, 26 x 17cm (10¼ x 6¾'')Provenance: With The Dawson Gallery, Dublin. Collection of Antoinette & Patrick J. Murphy
Adam's
Mar. 09, 2020
Mainie Jellett (1897-1944) SEATED NUDE
Est: €5,000 - €7,000
Mainie Jellett (1897-1944) SEATED NUDE
Whyte's
Mar. 09, 2020
Mainie Jellett (1897-1944) FOUR STUDIES
Est: €800 - €1,000
Mainie Jellett (1897-1944) FOUR STUDIES
Whyte's
Dec. 04, 2019
Mainie Jellett (1897-1944)CompositionPencil on paper, 20 x 13cm (8 x 5'')Provenance: With the Neptune Gallery, Dublin. Collection of Antoinette & Patrick J. Murphy.
Est: €300 - €400
Mainie Jellett (1897-1944)CompositionPencil on paper, 20 x 13cm (8 x 5'')Provenance: With the Neptune Gallery, Dublin. Collection of Antoinette & Patrick J. Murphy.
Adam's
Dec. 04, 2019
Mainie Jellett (1897-1944)Abstract CompositionsA pair, pencil, 24 x 9cm (9½ x 3½'')Framed as oneProvenance: With the Frederick Gallery, Dublin. Collection of Antoinette & Patrick J. Murphy.
Est: €600 - €800
Mainie Jellett (1897-1944)Abstract CompositionsA pair, pencil, 24 x 9cm (9½ x 3½'')Framed as oneProvenance: With the Frederick Gallery, Dublin. Collection of Antoinette & Patrick J. Murphy.
Adam's
Nov. 25, 2019
Mainie Jellett (1897-1944) THE LAND ÉIRE, 1940
Est: €26,000 - €40,000
signed and dated lower left
Whyte's
Oct. 23, 2019
Mainie Jellett (1897-1944)CompositionGouache on paper, 29 x 35cm (11½ x 13¾)Signed and dated (19)'29Provenance: With The Dawson Gallery, Dublin.Exhibited: University of Limerick, 'Familiar Faces', 2008.
Est: €3,000 - €5,000
Mainie Jellett (1897-1944)CompositionGouache on paper, 29 x 35cm (11½ x 13¾)Signed and dated (19)'29Provenance: With The Dawson Gallery, Dublin.Exhibited: University of Limerick, 'Familiar Faces', 2008.
Adam's
Oct. 23, 2019
Mainie Jellett (1897-1944)Three Elements (1925) Pencil, 20.5 x 26.5cm (8 x 10¼)Provenance: With The Frederick Gallery, Dublin.Study for Abstract Composition with Three Elements (Lot 56 in this sale).
Est: €800 - €1,200
Mainie Jellett (1897-1944)Three Elements (1925) Pencil, 20.5 x 26.5cm (8 x 10¼)Provenance: With The Frederick Gallery, Dublin.Study for Abstract Composition with Three Elements (Lot 56 in this sale).
Adam's
Oct. 23, 2019
Mainie Jellett (1897-1944)CompositionPencil, 24 x 28.5cm (9½ x 11¼)Provenance: With The Frederick Gallery, Dublin.
Est: €800 - €1,200
Mainie Jellett (1897-1944)CompositionPencil, 24 x 28.5cm (9½ x 11¼)Provenance: With The Frederick Gallery, Dublin.
Adam's
Oct. 23, 2019
Mainie Jellett (1897-1944)Abstract Composition with Three Elements (1925)Oil on canvas, 93 x 73cm (36¾ x 28¾)Signed and dated (19)'25Provenance: Stanley Mosse Collection; With The Dawson Gallery, Dublin.Exhibited: Dublin, IMMA, 'Mainie Jellett,
Est: €50,000 - €80,000
Mainie Jellett (1897-1944)Abstract Composition with Three Elements (1925)Oil on canvas, 93 x 73cm (36¾ x 28¾)Signed and dated (19)'25Provenance: Stanley Mosse Collection; With The Dawson Gallery, Dublin.Exhibited: Dublin, IMMA, 'Mainie Jellett, December 1991 / March 1992, Catalogue No.77; Dublin, IMMA, 'Analysing Cubism', 2013, Crawford Art Gallery, Cork and F.E. McWilliam Gallery & Studion, Banbridge.Literature: Albert Gleize's book on Cubism, illustrated; 'Analysing Cubism', IMMA 2013, Dublin, Cork and Banbridge, illustrated p.55 & 116.Mainie Jellett is a towering figure in the history of Irish art. She is acknowledged as the first native artist to exhibit pure abstraction in Ireland and for two decades, from 1923 to her premature death in January 1944, she was as Bruce Arnold has written, the acknowledged leader of the modern art movement in Ireland (1). Patrick Murphys interest in Jellett began in 1964 when he bought a small watercolour landscape from an auction at Adams. Although the work was signed and dated 1921, it had been catalogued simply as Irish watercolour and so Murphy, who was the only bidder, got a bargain! (2)Born in Dublin into a prominent Protestant family of Huguenot descent, Jellett took art lessons with Sarah Cecilia Harrison and May Manning before enrolling at Dublin Metropolitan School of Art in 1914 where she was taught by William Orpen. She later studied under Walter Sickert at Westminster Art School in London and it was there that Jellett met fellow Dubliner, Evie Hone, who was to become her life-long friend and collaborator. In 1920 Jellett was awarded the Taylor Scholarship which enabled her to travel to Paris, then the centre of the art world. Hone was already in Paris and working in the studio of the Cubist André Lhote. Jellett joined her and together they learnt from Lhote how to abstract from nature while always maintaining an element of representation. After a period with Lhote, Hone and Jellett decided that they wanted to move further towards truly non-representational art. They approached the Cubist Albert Gleizes and asked if they could study with him. Gleizes did not take pupils but Jellett and Hone convinced him to make an exception. Thus began a long and fruitful collaboration between Gleizes, Jellett and Hone through which they explored both abstraction and the expression of spirituality through art. Despite the political and social turbulence that was engulfing Ireland during this period, Jellett decided to return to Dublin and introduce Irish audiences to abstraction. In pursing this goal, Jellett became both the greatest advocate of modernism in Ireland, and the prime target for those forces that rallied against it.In the autumn of 1923, Irish audiences were exposed to abstraction for the first time when Jellett exhibited a small abstract composition titled Decoration in the Society of Dublin Painters exhibition. The critical response to Decoration in 1923 reveals the hostility towards modernism in Ireland. While the Irish Times compared the painting to a malformed onion (3), utilising language reminiscent of continental attacks on modernism, the artist George Russell, described Jellett as a late victim to Cubism in some sub-section of this artistic malaria (4).Despite Russells criticism, Jellett continued to paint and exhibit abstract works, including Composition with Three Elements. This accomplished work demonstrates, in both scale and ambition, the confidence that Jellett had in her ability to produce fully resolved abstract compositions. Bruce Arnold illustrates this work in his monograph on Jellett under the title Abstract Composition and notes that Albert Gleizes also illustrated it in his book Kubismus in 1928 to demonstrate the third Stage of Cubism (Epic Cubism) (5). The palette of grey, green, blue, ochre, brown and pink is distinctly Art Deco, the design movement also known as Art Moderne, which was fashionable in France and throughout Western Europe during the 1920s and 1930s. Composition with Three Elements, represents the zenith of Jelletts experiments with pure abstraction. By 1928, she had begun to reintroduce figuration into her cubist work and in paintings such as Homage to Fra Angelico (1928) explicit references to both art history and Christian iconography are present. This return to representation aided the reception of Jelletts art by the Irish public but also signalled the end of her avant-garde pursuit of pure abstraction. Dr Riann Coulter (1) Bruce Arnold, Mainie Jellett and the Modern Movement in Ireland, New Haven & London, 1991, p. vii.(2) Patrick Murphy, A Passion for Collecting: A Memoir by Patrick J Murphy, Dublin, 2012, 32-33.(3) Two Freak Pictures: Art and Nature, Irish Times, 23 October 1923. (4) George Russell, Irish Statesman, 27 October 1923. (5) Arnold, p. 90.
Adam's
Sep. 25, 2019
Mainie Jellett (1897-1944)Abstract Composition (Holy Family)Gouache over pencil on card, 20 x 22cm (8 x 8½'')Provenance: Formerly in the collection of Bruce Arnold
Est: €2,500 - €3,500
Mainie Jellett (1897-1944)Abstract Composition (Holy Family)Gouache over pencil on card, 20 x 22cm (8 x 8½'')Provenance: Formerly in the collection of Bruce Arnold
Adam's
Sep. 25, 2019
Mainie Jellett (1897-1944)Abstract CompositionGouache, 32 x 40cm (12½ x 15¾'')Signed and dated (19)'34Provenance: Sale these rooms, 29/03/2000, lot 35.
Est: €3,000 - €5,000
Mainie Jellett (1897-1944)Abstract CompositionGouache, 32 x 40cm (12½ x 15¾'')Signed and dated (19)'34Provenance: Sale these rooms, 29/03/2000, lot 35.
Adam's
Sep. 25, 2019
Mainie Jellett (1897-1944)Abstract CompositionGouache, 30 x 23cm (12 x 9'')Provenance: Sale deVere's, Dublin, 05/06/03, Lot 119
Est: €3,000 - €5,000
Mainie Jellett (1897-1944)Abstract CompositionGouache, 30 x 23cm (12 x 9'')Provenance: Sale deVere's, Dublin, 05/06/03, Lot 119
Adam's
Jun. 12, 2019
Mainie Jellett (1897-1944)Abstract Composition (c.1922)Gouache on paper, 16 x 22cm (6¼ x 8¾'')Provenance: Collection of Patrick and Antoinette Murphy
Est: €2,000 - €3,000
Mainie Jellett (1897-1944)Abstract Composition (c.1922)Gouache on paper, 16 x 22cm (6¼ x 8¾'')Provenance: Collection of Patrick and Antoinette Murphy
Adam's
Jun. 12, 2019
Mainie Jellett (1897-1944)Abstract Composition (c.1922)Gouache on paper, 15 x 20cm (6 x 7¾'')
Est: €2,000 - €3,000
Mainie Jellett (1897-1944)Abstract Composition (c.1922)Gouache on paper, 15 x 20cm (6 x 7¾'')
Adam's
Jun. 12, 2019
Mainie Jellett (1897-1944)Abstract Composition (c.1922)Gouache on paper, 21 x 10.5cm (8¼ x 4'')Exhibited: 'Mainie Jellett Exhibition', IMMA, December 1991-March 1992.Provenance: Collection of Patrick and Antoinette Murphy
Est: €2,000 - €3,000
Mainie Jellett (1897-1944)Abstract Composition (c.1922)Gouache on paper, 21 x 10.5cm (8¼ x 4'')Exhibited: 'Mainie Jellett Exhibition', IMMA, December 1991-March 1992.Provenance: Collection of Patrick and Antoinette Murphy
Adam's
Jun. 12, 2019
Mainie Jellett (1897-1944)Abstract Composition (c.1922)Gouache on paper, 20 x 14cmExhibited: 'Mainie Jellett 1897-1944', Taylor Galleries, Dublin 1989, label verso.Provenance: Collection of Patrick and Antoinette Murphy
Est: €2,000 - €3,000
Mainie Jellett (1897-1944)Abstract Composition (c.1922)Gouache on paper, 20 x 14cmExhibited: 'Mainie Jellett 1897-1944', Taylor Galleries, Dublin 1989, label verso.Provenance: Collection of Patrick and Antoinette Murphy
Adam's
May. 27, 2019
Mainie Jellett (1897-1944) ABSTRACT DESIGN
Est: €3,000 - €5,000
Mainie Jellett (1897-1944) ABSTRACT DESIGN
Whyte's
Mar. 04, 2019
Mainie Jellett (1897-1944) ABSTRACT DESIGN
Est: €9,000 - €12,000
Mainie Jellett (1897-1944) ABSTRACT DESIGN
Whyte's
Nov. 12, 2018
Mainie Jellet (1897-1944) Still Life with Music (1924)
Est: €1,500 - €2,500
Mainie Jellet (1897-1944) Still Life with Music (1924) pencil on paper signed lower right and dated (19)'24 h:21.50 w:26.50 cm. Provenance: De Vere's, Irish Art Auction, 3rd October 2006, Lot 18; Private Collection
Morgan O'Driscoll
May. 30, 2018
Mainie Jellett (1897-1944)Abstract CompositionOil on canvas, 91 x 71cm (35¾ x 28'')Signed and dated 1925Abstract Composition belongs to the early pioneering years of Jelletts engagement with abstraction. In 1923 she exhibited her newly devised a
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Mainie Jellett (1897-1944)Abstract CompositionOil on canvas, 91 x 71cm (35¾ x 28'')Signed and dated 1925Abstract Composition belongs to the early pioneering years of Jelletts engagement with abstraction. In 1923 she exhibited her newly devised abstract paintings at the Society of Dublin Painters where they were greeted by much controversy. They were the first abstract paintings shown in Ireland. The interlocking forms, as in Abstract Composition, are indebted to cubism which Jellett learned of in Paris in 1920-21 with André Lhote, a distinguished painter and teacher. In 1921 she and Evie Hone worked in the studio of Albert Gleizes, whose ideas were very influential on her subsequent work. While there Gleizes was perfecting his technique of translation-rotation, a method of making abstract art using the dynamic forms of cubism. As described in Gleizess 1923 book, La Peinture et ses Lois the artist begins with the basic outline of the canvas and paints its surface in one colour, proceeding to select colours and shapes which echo this form. This is the static element of translation. In rotation, the cubist element, the artist rotates these basic forms to create a dynamic composition which introduces the idea of time and movement. One of the main purposes behind the aesthetic was to create an art which was enduring in its use of pictorial rules.A complex interaction between geometric and organic forms is built up in Abstract Composition. At its centre an interlocking motif made of black, gold and orange contrasts with the cold blue and purple tones that dominate the rest of the painting. This form has a torch like quality and at its apex a halo of flame-like forms. The overlapping and interlocking forms of the painting create the notion of movement that was so central to Gleizess ideas on abstract art. Small rhythmic elements like the black patterning in the right-hand background and the purple stripes in the centre enrich the larger elements of the painting and introduce different levels of dynamism across its surface. Unlike Jelletts later post 1927 cubist compositions Abstract Composition does not compromise with representational form. Remaining non-objective, it is an unequivocal statement in the new language of modern art. Jelletts intention in creating such experimental works was to make art that could be universally accessible and spiritual in its evocation of pure form and colour.Dr Róisín KennedyMay 2018
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