56
WHYTES
SINCE 1783
,
86
Edward
Delaney RHA
(1930-2009)
THE SAMSON RIDDLE
(PORTFOLIO OF
TWELVE), 1972
lithograph; (each no.
21 from an edition of
75)
each signed,
numbered and dated
in pencil lower right
15.25 by 11.50in.
(38.74 by 29.21cm)
Published by the Davis
Gallery, Dublin, in a
limited edition of
seventy-five. Delaney
illustrated the book
(published by Valentine Mitchell, 1972) and produced a series of
prints - the only such series he ever made.
Contained in original decorated presentation box.
€
800-
€
1,000 (£680-£850 approx.)
87
Louis le Brocquy HRHA (1916-2012)
DUBLINERS by JAMES JOYCE [1986]
limited edition book; (no. 202 from 500)
signed by Louis le Brocquy and numbered on editions page
11.25 by 7.75in. (28.58 by 19.69cm)
Dolmen Editions, Dolmen Press Ltd, Mountrath, Co. Laois, Ireland, 1986.
Hardcover. Limited edition of 500 numbered copies, signed by the
artist Louis le Brocquy, and numbered on colophon (copies 401-500
hors-commerce).With Typographical Note by Liam Miller. Includes
ninety black and white lithographic brush drawings on especially
made white wove mouldmade rag specially made at Saint Cuthbert’s
Mill, Somerset. Imperial octavo, pages 259. Bound in Irish linen lettered
in gold and stamped on each side in a design by the artist. Housed in
hazel-brown cloth slipcase. Published shortly before his death, this was
the last major piece of book-design by Liam Miller.
€
2,000-
€
3,000 (£1,710-£2,560 approx.)
84
Louis le Brocquy HRHA (1916-2012)
HEAD OF STRINDBERG
chromolithograph; (no. 90 from an edition of 100)
signed and numbered in pencil lower right
27 by 19.50in. (68.58 by 49.53cm)
Dimensions of sheet given. In the years 1979-1980, le Brocquy painted
several portraits of August Strindberg (1849-1912), the Swedish
novelist and playwright.The present work relates to that series.
€
1,000-
€
1,500 (£850-£1,280 approx.)
85
Louis le Brocquy HRHA (1916-2012)
J. M. SYNGE [FROM EIGHT IRISH WRITERS SERIES], 1981
collotype lithograph on Rives; (artist’s proof, no. 1 from an
edition of 15)
signed in pencil lower left; inscribed [AP] and with edition
number lower right
12.75 by 10.75in. (32.39 by 27.31cm)
Sheet size given.
From
Eight Irish Writers
, see lot 81.
€
500-
€
700 (£430-£600 approx.)
Ex 86
