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Brian King (b.1942)
SQUARING THE CIRCLE NO. 3, 1989
aluminium on board
signed, titled and dated on reverse
35_ x 35_in. (90.17 x 89.54cm)
The Collection of the late Jim O’Driscoll SC
Brian King was born in Dublin in 1942 and studied in the National College of Art and Design, Dublin. He later lectured at
the college and in 1984 assumed the position of Head of the Department of Sculpture, a role he held until 2004. From
1964 to 1978 he participated in the Irish Exhibition of Living Art, serving as its President for the last ten years. He won the
Carroll’s Award 1965. In 1969 and 1983 he represented Ireland at the Paris Biennale, on the earlier occasion becoming
the first Irish artist to win the major individual prize. He has exhibited widely throughout Ireland and abroad and has
secured several sizeable commissions for public sculpture including the National Memorial to Members of the Defence
Forces who died in Service now sited in Merrion Square, Dublin. He is an member of Aosdána and his work is held in
public collections including The Hugh Lane Gallery of Modern Art, Dublin, Crawford Municipal Gallery, Cork, RTE, Bank of
Ireland, Allied Irish Bank, University of Ulster and University College, Dublin, among others.We are grateful to the artist for
his assistance in cataloguing this work.
€2000-€3000 (£1440-£2160 approx.)
Large Image & Place Bid Lot 71IMPORTANT IRISH ART · 30 November 2015