Edward Delaney
Edward Delaney was born in Co. Mayo in 1930. One of Irelands best-known sculptors, he studied first at the National College of Art and Design before travelling to Germany to study casting. He represented Ireland on an international level at the Biennale de Paris in 1959 and 1961, and at the World Fair in New York in 1965. His works have been exhibited around the world, in New York, Tokyo, Buenos Aires, and Budapest. In Ireland, Delaney exhibited in the Hendriks Gallery, Royal Hibernian Academy, Davis and Solomon Galleries, and in the Project Arts Centre, amongst others. www.whytes.ie He received many awards for his work in sculpture, including the RHAs Award for Sculpture of Distinction in Bronze in 1991. He was also elected a member of Aosdαna. He spent his later life in Galway, where he died in 2009. Delaneys work is well-known and can be seen throughout Ireland. Among his best-known sculptures are the statue of Wolfe Tone and famine memorial (1967) at the northeastern corner of St. Stephens Green, Dublin and the statue of Thomas Davis in College Green, opposite Trinity College, Dublin. www.whytes.ie
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'THE SAMSON RIDDLE, 1972 (SET OF TWELVE)'
- Price Realised: 900
- Sale: 31 May 2021
- screenprints; (12); (no. 33 from an edition of 75)
- 14½ x 10½in. (36.83 x 26.67cm)
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'HUNTERS SERIES'
- Price Realised: 900
- Sale: 01 October 2012
- oil on paper
- 21.75 by 29.5in., 55 by 75cm.
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'HUNTERS IX'
- Price Realised: 888
- Sale: 19 November 2001
- mixed media
- 76 by 56cm., 30 by 22in.
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'UNTITLED, 1995'
- Price Realised: 800
- Sale: 17 May 2008
- oil on paper
- 56 by 48cm., 22 by 19in.
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'HUNTERS VI (FAMILY WITH DOG)'
- Price Realised: 762
- Sale: 26 June 2000
- mixed media
- 71 by 53cm., 28 by 21in.
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'THE SAMSON RIDDLE (6), 1972'
- Price Realised: 750
- Sale: 09 July 2018
- lithograph; (6); (framed); (nos. 27 of 75; (5); (artist's proof; (1)
- 11 x 7½in. (27.94 x 19.05cm)
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'HUNTERS IV'
- Price Realised: 750
- Sale: 10 October 2011
- oil on paper
- 74 by 54cm., 29.2 5 by 21.2 5in.
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'UNTITLED, 1995'
- Price Realised: 750
- Sale: 28 September 2009
- oil on paper
- 56 by 48cm., 22 by 19in.
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'MAN AND BULL, circa 1970'
- Price Realised: 750
- Sale: 15 December 2007
- ink on paper
- 23 by 24cm., 9 by 9.5in.
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'SAMSON'
- Price Realised: 750
- Sale: 19 November 2002
- chromed metal
- 39 by 0cm., 15.5 by in.
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'THE SAMSON RIDDLE (PORTFOLIO OF TWELVE), 1972'
- Price Realised: 725
- Sale: 30 September 2013
- lithograph; (each no. 21 from an edition of 75)
- 15.25 by 11.5in., 38.125 by 28.75cm.
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'HUNTERS SERIES'
- Price Realised: 700
- Sale: 28 November 2011
- oil on paper
- 55 by 75cm., 21.7 5 by 29.5in.
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'SILVER BIRD'
- Price Realised: 640
- Sale: 09 December 2012
- silver on green marble base
- 5.5 by 5in., 13.97 by 12.7cm.
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'FAMILY'
- Price Realised: 550
- Sale: 10 October 2011
- pen, ink and gouache
- 41 by 53cm., 16 by 20.7 5in.
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'FAMILY'
- Price Realised: 508
- Sale: 26 June 2000
- pen and black ink
- 41 by 52cm., 16 by 20.5in.
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'FEMALE NUDE'
- Price Realised: 500
- Sale: 10 December 2016
- bronze
- 4½ x 1Ύin. (11.43 x 4.45cm)
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'FIGURES'
- Price Realised: 500
- Sale: 15 December 2007
- oil on paper
- 56 by 76cm., 22 by 30in.
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'Twelve screenprints by Edward Delaney for The Samson Riddle by Wolf Mankowitz'
- Price Realised: 480
- Sale: 19 November 2002
- 0 by 0cm., by in.
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'THE SAMSON RIDDLE (SET OF TWELVE)'
- Price Realised: 400
- Sale: 13 December 2023
- screenprint; (12); (no. 43 from an edition of 75); unframed, in original Davis Gallery case
- 16 x 12Όin. (40.64 x 31.12cm)
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'CATTLE SHELTERING, 1979'
- Price Realised: 340
- Sale: 23 October 2017
- oil and wax on board
- 18½ x 22Ύin. (46.99 x 57.79cm)
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'FROM THE SAMSON RIDDLE SERIES, 1972 (A PAIR)'
- Price Realised: 300
- Sale: 27 May 2013
- lithograph; (nos. 34 & 35 from an edition of 75); (2); (framed)
- 10.5 by 7in., 26.25 by 17.5cm.
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'ABSTRACT DRAWING (THE T SERIES)'
- Price Realised: 250
- Sale: 14 December 2020
- ink on paper
- 10 x 6in. (25.40 x 15.24cm)