WHYTE'S IRISH & INTERNATIONAL ART MONDAY 26 SEPTEMBER 2022

125 IRISH & INTERNATIONAL ART - 26 SEPTEMBER 2022 AT 6PM 92 Rory Breslin (b.1963) MICHAEL DAVITT, 2001 bronze on marble base; (no. 3 from an edition of 6) signed, dated and numbered on reverse 17 by 10.50 by 8in. (43.2 by 26.7 by 20.3cm) Dimensions of base: 12 by 11.5 by 2in. A study of Michael Davitt’s head by Mayo based sculptor Rory Breslin, for the statue that stands outside the Michael Davitt Museum in Straide, Co. Mayo. Michael Davitt, a founding member of the Irish National Land League was born in Straide, Co. Mayo during the height of the famine. His family was evicted from there and forced to emigrate to Lancashire, England where Davitt had his arm amputated after an accident working in a mill at the age of 11. Davitt became involved with the Fenian movement in England and later, in the 1870s and 1880s he was instrumental in the enactment of the Irish Land Acts, and becoming a patron of the GAA and an MP. Rory Breslin studied art at the National College of Art and Design and in various parts of Europe. He co-founded the Head Sculpture gallery in Dublin and has had numerous solo drawing and sculpture exhibitions. €3,000-€4,000 (£2,590-£3,450 approx.) Click here for more images and to bid on this lot92