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Brett McEntagart RHA (b.1939)
THE RESURGENT SPIRIT, c.1966
oil on canvas
signed [Brett] lower right
41 x 55in. (104.14 x 139.70cm)
Exhibited:
‘Cuimhneachán 1916’, Taispeántas Ealaíne i gComóradh Éirí Amach na Cásca, 1916’, Municipal Gallery of Art, Dublin, 12
Aibreán - 24 Bealtaine 1966, no. 36
This lot includes a framed pencil sketch of the present work, two sketchbooks (including sketches for the present work,
among other landscapes and portrait sketches) and a copy of the exhibition catalogue for ‘Cuimhneachán 1916’ the
1966 Golden Jubilee celebrations of Easter Week Rising 1916 presented by Taispeántas Ealaíne, Dublin Corporation and
the Municipal Gallery of Art Dublin.
The present work was shown in ‘Cuimhneachán 1916’ and entered into its ‘Art Competition no. 15’ for A Picture or
Decoration not smaller than 36 by 28in to commemorate the Rising of 1916”. The foreword to the 1966 catalogue notes,
“Competitors were at Liberty to select any subject which would commemorate the Rising. Many of these competitors
are too young to have recollections of the stirring events of 1916 and for this reason the exhibition offers an interesting
display of the modern Irish artists’ interpretation of that historic occasion. The exhibition is, we feel, a worthy tribute to
the men and women, living and dead, who sacrificed so much in the cause of Irish freedom and who helped establish
the Ireland of today.””
€3000-€4000 (£2280-£2880 approx.)
Large Image & Place Bid Lot 126