Mícheál MacLíammóir
Whilst best remembered as an actor, MacLiammóir originally studied painting at the Slade, London (1915-1916). From an early age he was fascinated by the work of Aubrey Beardsley and the decadence of Art Nouveau. In London he joined the Gaelic League to learn Irish, which stood him in good stead when he arrived in Dublin c.1917. Henceforth he was pivotal in literary, dramatic and artistic circles, illustrating numerous books and famously devoting the main part of his energies to the Gate Theatre.
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'AN OLD WOMAN BEHOLDS A FAIRY PARADE AT NIGHT'
- Price Realised: €5,400
- Sale: 25 February 2008
- watercolour with pen and ink
- 32 by 24cm., 12.5 by 9.5in.
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'SCÉALAÍOCHT NA RÍTHE [STORIES OF THE KINGS]'
- Price Realised: €5,200
- Sale: 29 May 2017
- Cover title, Indian ink on white paper
- 15¾ x 12½in. (40.01 x 31¾cm)
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'DEIRDRE AGUS LAVARCHAM, 1919'
- Price Realised: €4,200
- Sale: 24 November 2008
- pen and ink with watercolour
- 25 by 16cm., 9.75 by 6.25in.
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'WEST OF IRELAND FAIRY SCENE'
- Price Realised: €3,800
- Sale: 26 September 2016
- watercolour and gouache
- 15 x 12¾in. (38.10 x 32.39cm)
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'FÉASTA ÓIL [A DRINKING FEAST] and AR A CHÚL A BHÍODH AN CEOL [THE MUSIC WAS ALWAYS BEHIND HIM] (A PAIR)'
- Price Realised: €3,600
- Sale: 29 May 2017
- watercolour on paper; (2)
- 11¾ x 10¾in. (29.85 x 27.31cm)
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'FIONGHAL RÓNÁIN [RONAN'S BETRAYAL] and CAITHRÉIM CHEALLAIGH [CEALLACH'S TRIUMPH] (A PAIR)'
- Price Realised: €3,600
- Sale: 29 May 2017
- watercolour on paper; (2)
- 11¾ x 10¾in. (29.85 x 27.31cm)
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'AN ALLEGORY'
- Price Realised: €3,600
- Sale: 18 February 2003
- watercolour, pen and ink on paper
- 33 by 24cm., 13 by 9.5in.
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'"FRANNCACH AG RITH I NDIAID A BHAIREID"'
- Price Realised: €3,500
- Sale: 30 May 2011
- pen and ink with gouache heightened with white
- 25 by 16cm., 9.75 by 6.25in.
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'COSTUME DESIGN'
- Price Realised: €3,000
- Sale: 01 October 2018
- watercolour and gouache
- 13¼ x 10¾in. (33.66 x 27.31cm)
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'AILILL AGUS ÉADAOIN [AILILL AND EAODAOIN] and AN DÁ THÁIBHLE [THE TWO TABLETS] (A PAIR)'
- Price Realised: €2,900
- Sale: 29 May 2017
- watercolour on paper; (2)
- 11¾ x 10¾in. (29.85 x 27.31cm)
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'"IMEALL AN DOMHAIN" (THE EDGE OF THE WORLD) 1917'
- Price Realised: €2,900
- Sale: 30 May 2011
- pen and ink with gouache
- 15 by 22cm., 6 by 8.5in.
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'AN OLD WOMAN BEHOLDS A FAERY PARADE AT NIGHT'
- Price Realised: €2,500
- Sale: 18 November 2003
- watercolour, pen and ink on paper
- 32 by 24cm., 12.5 by 9.5in.
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'CENTAURS, 1917'
- Price Realised: €2,200
- Sale: 30 May 2011
- pen and ink with gouache heightened with white
- 23 by 15cm., 9 by 6in.
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'ORIGINAL RECORDING OF MACLIAMMOIR'S RUBAIYAT OF OMAR KHAYYAM AND ARTWORK FOR ALBUM COVER'
- Price Realised: €2,100
- Sale: 09 December 2006
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'MAN WITH LANTERN, 1919'
- Price Realised: €2,000
- Sale: 04 March 2024
- watercolour and ink
- 7 x 10in. (17.78 x 25.40cm)
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'GEALACH LÁN [A FULL MOON] and MNÁ GHOYA [GOYA'S WOMEN]'
- Price Realised: €2,000
- Sale: 28 May 2018
- pencil, ink and gouache; (2)
- 14 x 9½in. (35.56 x 24.13cm)
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'ORIGINAL RECORDING OF MACLIAMMOIR'S RUBAIYAT OF OMAR KHAYYAM and ART WORK FOR THE ALBUM COVER'
- Price Realised: €1,900
- Sale: 19 February 2007
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'DESIGN FOR 'GOD'S GENTRY''
- Price Realised: €1,200
- Sale: 04 March 2024
- mixed media
- 18½ x 13in. (46.99 x 33.02cm)
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'BAISTEACH AR PHARIS ANUAS [RAIN DESCENDS ON PARIS] and CUIREADH DON GHRÉIN [INVITATION TO THE SUN]'
- Price Realised: €1,100
- Sale: 28 May 2018
- pencil, ink and gouache; (2)
- 14½ x 9½in. (36.83 x 24.13cm)
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'CEO MEALA LÁ SEACA [ A HONEY DEW ON A DAY OF FROST], AISTEORÍ FAOI DHÁ SHOLAS [ACTORS IN TWO LIGHTS] and BLÁTH AGUS TAIBHSE [FLOWER AND GHOST]'
- Price Realised: €800
- Sale: 28 May 2018
- watercolour and ink; (1) gouache and ink with collage; (1) gouache and Indian ink; (1)
- 22½ x 15in. (57.15 x 38.10cm)
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'Autograph letter and book, All for Hecuba: An Irish Theatrical Autobiography.'
- Price Realised: €480
- Sale: 09 April 2006
- 390 pages, cloth bound, distressed wrapper.
- 216 by 15cm., 85 by 6in.