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Rowan Gillespie (b.1953)
Estimate:
€6,000 - €8,000
Sold
€5,800
Live Auction
Important Irish Art - 26 November 2018
ARTIST
Rowan Gillespie (b.1953)
Size
18 by 20.50in. (45.7 by 52.1cm)
Description
Title: HATE AND HOPE SERIES, 2000
Note: The present work relates to the artist's Hate and Hope Series and, in particular, to the later work Hope and History, 2002 (edition of 9) featured in Rowan Gillespie, Looking for Orion (O'Brien Press, Dublin 2007, p.119). The author describes how the bronze element of work "…gives a little hope, as the confinement… is split to release tension. The ring of oppression has been broken." In the later version of this work the bronze element is elevated on a tall narrow stone base. The raised bronze is intended to express a sense of hope.
We are grateful to the artist for his kind assistance in cataloguing this lot.
Note: The present work relates to the artist's Hate and Hope Series and, in particular, to the later work Hope and History, 2002 (edition of 9) featured in Rowan Gillespie, Looking for Orion (O'Brien Press, Dublin 2007, p.119). The author describes how the bronze element of work "…gives a little hope, as the confinement… is split to release tension. The ring of oppression has been broken." In the later version of this work the bronze element is elevated on a tall narrow stone base. The raised bronze is intended to express a sense of hope.
We are grateful to the artist for his kind assistance in cataloguing this lot.
Medium
bronze; (no. 1 from an edition of 9)
Signature
signed, numbered and dated
Provenance
Provenance:
Acquired from the artist by AIB;
Purchased at a charity auction approximately 10-12 years ago by the present owner
