IRISH & INTERNATIONAL ART 29 FEBRUARY 2016

IRISH & INTERNATIONAL ART · 29 FEBRUARY 2016

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Christy Brown (1932-1981)

TRAVELLING THE ROAD TO GOLGOTHA

watercolour over pencil

20 x 14in. (50.80 x 35.56cm)

Provenance:

Acquired directly from the artist by the present owner

Exhibited:

‘Dear Christy, The Christy Brown Collection’, Little Museum of Dublin, from 30 April 2015;’Dear Christy, The Christy Brown

Collection’, The American Irish Historical Society, New York, 11-24 November 2015

Christy Brown was brilliantly played by Daniel Day-Lewis in the Oscar-winning film My Left Foot. But the complexities

of his life, together with his struggle to be understood - and taken seriously - have only recently come to light. Those

complexities were explored in a superb exhibition at the Little Museum of Dublin in 2015. The exhibition later travelled

to New York where it went on view at the American Irish Historical Society on 5th Avenue from 11 to 24 November.

The exhibitions were hugely popular with lovers of literature, history and Irish culture and explored the struggles of

Brown as a child, and the way his family inspired him to create remarkable paintings, a classic memoir, four novels and

four collections of poetry - all with his left foot. The majority of the works by Christy Brown in this sale were included in

these shows. All works (lots 155-167) come from of a single owner collection and were gifted to the present owner from

the artist. This unique collection offers both collectors of Brown’s oeuvre and art aficionados an opportunity to acquire

rare and desirable visual records from the life of this inspirational figure.

€300-€500 (£228-£360 approx.)