WHYTE'S IMPORTANT IRISH & INTERNATIONAL ART MONDAY 22 MARCH 2021 AT 6PM

19 IMPORTANT IRISH & INTERNATIONAL ART MONDAY 22 MARCH 2021 AT 6PM 12 Thomas Ryan PPRHA (b.1929) SARSFIELD BRIDGE, LIMERICK, c. 1975 oil on board signed lower right; with presentation plaque on reverse 20 by 24in. (50.8 by 61cm) Frame Dimensions: 24 by 28in. (61 by 71.1cm) Some surface dirt visible. Otherwise very good condition. Provenance: Gifted by the City of Limerick to Dr Tiede Herrema; Thence by descent Plaque reads: ‘Presented to Dr Tiede Herrema by the Mayor of Limerick Councillor Thady Coughlan as a Token of Esteem From The Corporation & People of Limerick, 7th December 1975. ’ Tiede Herrema was born in Zuilen, Holland in 1921. During WorldWar II, he was arrested by the Nazis because he was in the Dutch resistance and was sent to a concentration camp in Poland. After being liberated by Russian forces, he walked 500km to American lines. In the 1970s, Herrema ran a wire factory, Ferenka, in the city of Limerick. At the time, this was the city’s biggest employer, with approximately 1,400 workers. In October 1975, Herrema was kidnapped by the Provisional IRA in Castletroy, near Limerick. This triggered a large police investigation and a two-week siege, after which Herrema was released unharmed. He died in 2020. €2,000-€3,000 (£1,720-£2,590 approx.) Click here for more images and to bid on this lot12