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Louis le Brocquy HRHA (1916-2012)
Estimate:
€1,500 - €2,000
Sold
€1,800
Live Auction
Irish & International Art
Size
11.50 by 8in. (29.2 by 20.3cm)
Description
Title: DUBLINERS by JAMES JOYCE [1986]
Note: Dolmen Editions, Dolmen Press Ltd, Mountrath, Co. Laois, Ireland, 1986. Hardcover. Limited edition of 500 numbered copies, signed by the artist Louis le Brocquy, and numbered on colophon (copies 401-500 hors-commerce). With Typographical Note by Liam Miller. Includes ninety black and white lithographic brush drawings on white wove mouldmade rag specially made at Saint Cuthbert's Mill, Somerset. Imperial octavo, pages 259. Bound in Irish linen lettered in gold and stamped on each side in a design by the artist. Housed in hazel-brown cloth slipcase. Published shortly before his death, this was the last major piece of book-design by Liam Miller.
Note: Dolmen Editions, Dolmen Press Ltd, Mountrath, Co. Laois, Ireland, 1986. Hardcover. Limited edition of 500 numbered copies, signed by the artist Louis le Brocquy, and numbered on colophon (copies 401-500 hors-commerce). With Typographical Note by Liam Miller. Includes ninety black and white lithographic brush drawings on white wove mouldmade rag specially made at Saint Cuthbert's Mill, Somerset. Imperial octavo, pages 259. Bound in Irish linen lettered in gold and stamped on each side in a design by the artist. Housed in hazel-brown cloth slipcase. Published shortly before his death, this was the last major piece of book-design by Liam Miller.
Medium
limited edition book; (no. 71 from an edition of 400)
Signature
signed by Louis le Brocquy and numbered on editions page (rear)
