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142 136 J. P. Donleavy (1926-2017) BRENDAN BEHAN monotype with pencil and ink signed lower centre; with exhibition label on reverse 11.75 by 9.25in. (29.8 by 23.5cm) Frame Dimensions: 16.5 by 13.5in. (41.9 by 34.3cm) Excellent condition. Provenance: Godolphin Gallery, Dublin; Private collection; Whyte’s, 25 April 2006, lot 35; Private collection Brendan Behan was a friend of JP Donleavy. On one occasion he broke into Donleavy’s cottage at Kilcoole where he found Donleavy’s first draft of The Ginger Man in which he made corrections and added texts. Behan added ”This book of yours is going to go around the world and beat the bejesus out of the Bible.” Behan wrote. At first, Donleavy was incensed by Behan’s edits. But in time he came to appreciate his changes and accepted many of them. And in the coming decades, the first half of Behan’s prophecy was proven correct. €1,500-€2,000 (£1,290-£1,720 approx.) Click here for more images and to bid on this lot136