96
WHYTES
SINCE 1783
,
142
Pauline Bewick RHA (
b.
1935)
PREGNANT IN THE SKY, 2003
acrylic, eggshell and gold leaf on paper laid on board
signed and dated lower right; titled lower left; with title on
artist’s label on reverse; with Taylor Galleries exhibition label
also on reverse
36.50
by 48in. (92.71 by 121.92cm)
Provenance:
Taylor Galleries, Dublin;
Private collection
Exhibited:
‘
Pauline Bewick, NewWorks’, Taylor Galleries, Dublin, 5-20
September, 2003, catalogue no. 19 (illustrated on first page of
catalogue)
The exhibition catalogue for the present work outlines the artist’s
attraction to eggshells as a medium explored in the 2003 Taylor Gallery
show. A tactile, fragile creation,
Pregnant in the Sky
led the catalogue for
this new departure in Bewick’s oeuvre. For the artist they represent the
female and, against “…the blue evening sky look wonderfully like stars”.
Pauline Bewick was reared on a farm in Co. Kerry and later in England
where she lived on a houseboat among other alternative dwellings.
Although Bewick lacked a formal education, her mother’s belief in her
abilities instilled a confidence in the artist which she carries to this day.
Bewick has been living and working in Kerry since 1974
.
She has been
the subject of major retrospective exhibitions, ‘Two to Fifty’ (1,500
works) at the Guinness Hop Store in 1985 and ‘The Yellow Man’
exhibition in 1996 at the RHA Gallagher Gallery. She has published
several illustrated books, Dr James White, former Director of the National
Gallery of Ireland, was author of her biography in 1985 and she has been
recorded on film in a 1993 documentary on her life by David Shaw-
Smith. In September 1998 she was chosen for a portrait of 100 people
who have changed the face of Ireland.The Taylor Galleries, Dublin have
shown Pauline Bewick’s work for most of her career and recently hosted
a hugely successful exhibition, ‘Pauline Bewick at 75’ in 2011.
€
6,000-
€
8,000 (
£5,000-£6,400 approx)
Lots 142-146 are from a single private collection.