87
WHYTES
SINCE 1783
,
120
Louis le Brocquy HRHA
(1916-2012)
EIGHT IRISH WRITERS, 1981
collotype lithographs (8); (nos. 97
from an edition of 100); unframed, in
the original linen folio case
each signed and numbered in the
lower margin
13.25
by 11.25in. (33.66 by 28.58cm)
A series of eight portraits depicting Yeats,
Synge, Joyce, Beckett, Kinsella, Montague,
Heaney and Stuart, accompanied by a
poem by each respective author, a
biographical note by Andrew Carpenter,
and a preface by Seamus Heaney.The
eight charcoal drawings were printed by
collotype lithography at the Imprimerie
Arte, Adrien Maeght, Paris, where the text
was also printed. Presented in the original
portfolio box made in Dublin by John F.
Newman and Sons Ltd.
€
8,000-
€
10,000
(
£6,400-£8,000 approx)
121
Anne Madden (
b.
1932)
THE GARDEN OF LOVE, 2002 (TRIPTYCH)
oil on canvas
signed, titled and dated on reverse
72
by 72in. (182.88 by 182.88cm)
Provenance
Taylor Galleries, Dublin;
Whence purchased by the present owner
Exhibited:
’
The Garden of Love’ NewWork, Taylor
Galleries, Dublin, 14 May to 2 June 2002
€
3,000-
€
4,000 (
£2,500-£3,200 approx)