Micheal Farrell
Born in Kells, Co. Meath in 1940, Micheal Farrell attended St. Martin's School of Art from 1956 to 1960 where he obtained his National Diploma in Drawing and Painting. He lived mainly in England and France for the remainder of his life, though Irish history, identity and current affairs continued to drive his work. He produced paintings, drawing and print, with multiple techniques and literary and comic allusions. www.whytes.ie He won many international awards in his career including the MacAuley Fellowship in 1996 as well as the Biennale des Jeunes award in Paris. He exhibited widely in the Armidal Regional Art Gallery, NSW, Australia; C.T.T., Brussels, 1987; Robin Gibson Gallery, Sydney, 1993 as well as with the Dawson and then Taylor galleries in Dublin. A retrospective of his work (1953 - 1978) was held at the Douglas Hyde Gallery in Dublin in 1979. Farrell was elected a member of Aosdαna in 1987. In the later years of his career Joyce was a constant theme of his work. Farrell died in France in 2000 after a long battle with cancer. www.whytes.ie
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'CARDET, GARD, FRANCE, 1989'
- Price Realised: 1,000
- Sale: 03 April 2023
- mixed media on paper
- 35½ x 24Ύin. (90.17 x 62.87cm)
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'FROM YEATS, 1962'
- Price Realised: 1,000
- Sale: 30 May 2011
- oil and sand on canvas
- 108 by 154cm., 42.5 by 60.5in.
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'MADONNA IRLANDA, 1975'
- Price Realised: 950
- Sale: 24 February 2014
- lithograph; (no. 94 from an edition of 150)
- 18 by 24.75in., 45 by 61.875cm.
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'MISS O'MURPHY, THE VERY FIRST REAL IRISH POLITICAL PICTURE SERIES, 1977'
- Price Realised: 950
- Sale: 12 March 2012
- watercolour with gouache over pencil on buff-coloured paper
- 49.53 by 64.77cm., 19.5 by 25.5in.
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'LE CURΙ'
- Price Realised: 950
- Sale: 12 June 2005
- screenprint with crayon additions (no. 13 from an edition of 60)
- 53 by 75cm., 21 by 29.5in.
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'A MISS O'MURPHY FOR DERRY, 1979'
- Price Realised: 900
- Sale: 26 February 2018
- lithograph; (artist's proof, no. 7 from 7)
- 24 x 19in. (60.96 x 48.26cm)
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'THE WOUNDED WONDER (BLACK '47), 1997'
- Price Realised: 850
- Sale: 15 December 2007
- lithograph (no. 2 from an edition of 30)
- 60 by 80cm., 23.5 by 31.5in.
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'UNTITLED (JOYCE ET PICASSO AU CAFΙ DE FLORE), 1992'
- Price Realised: 800
- Sale: 10 December 2016
- aquatint and lithograph (no. 24 from an edition of 45)
- 26 x 14in. (66.04 x 35.56cm)
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'I DON'T MIND HOW YOU PAINT MY SOUL BUT GET MY TIE CORRECT, 1999'
- Price Realised: 800
- Sale: 06 December 2008
- lithograph (no. 15 from an edition of 28)
- 76 by 53cm., 29.7 5 by 20.7 5i
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'PICASSO AND THE GREAT HIBERNIAN WRITER, 1991'
- Price Realised: 800
- Sale: 06 December 2008
- lithograph (no. 30 from an edition of 90)
- 69 by 46cm., 27 by 18.2 5in.
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'MISS O'MURPHY, 1977'
- Price Realised: 750
- Sale: 01 October 2012
- watercolour over pencil on paper
- 19.75 by 25.75in., 50 by 65cm.
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'I DON'T MIND HOW YOU PAINT MY SOUL BUT GET MY TIE CORRECT, 1995'
- Price Realised: 680
- Sale: 01 July 2024
- lithograph; (no. 17 from an edition of 150)
- 25½ x 19Όin. (64.77 x 48.90cm)
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'A SHORTER HISTORY OF IRELAND, 1980'
- Price Realised: 650
- Sale: 27 May 2006
- colour lithograph (no. 16 from an edition of 60)
- 76 by 56cm., 30 by 22in.
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'THE VERY FIRST REAL IRISH POLITICAL PICTURE: MISS O'MURPHY'
- Price Realised: 650
- Sale: 10 December 2005
- etching with aquatint (no. 24 from an edition of 80)
- 42 by 39cm., 16.5 by 15.5in.
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'JOYCE ET PICASSO AU CAFΙ DE FLORE, 1992'
- Price Realised: 620
- Sale: 10 July 2023
- etching with aquatint; (no. 35 from an edition of 45)
- 39 x 27in. (99.06 x 68.58cm)
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'I DON'T MIND HOW YOU PAINT MY SOUL BUT GET MY TIE CORRECT, 1999'
- Price Realised: 620
- Sale: 27 February 2017
- etching and lithograph; (no. 134 from an edition of 150)
- 9Ό x 7Ύin. (23½ x 19.69cm)
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'SWEENEY WITH MICHAEL BREE, SLIGO, 1988'
- Price Realised: 600
- Sale: 30 November 2009
- colour lithograph (no. 13 from an edition of 40)
- 61 by 46cm., 24 by 18in.
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'BLACK '47, 1997'
- Price Realised: 550
- Sale: 29 November 2010
- etching with aquatint (no. 4 from an edition of 33)
- 65 by 84cm., 25.5 by 33in.
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'TOWARDS THE FIRST REAL IRISH BALLET [COSTUMES], 1977'
- Price Realised: 550
- Sale: 04 October 2010
- pencil with watercolour
- 49 by 65cm., 19.25 by 25.75in.
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'PRESSE POLITIQUE, 1982'
- Price Realised: 550
- Sale: 17 May 2008
- etching, proof stage II
- 37 by 34cm., 14.5 by 13.5in.
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'UNTITLED, 1978 (MISS O'MURPHY SERIES)'
- Price Realised: 520
- Sale: 28 March 2022
- lithograph in colours; (no. 25 from an edition of 120)
- 21½ x 29½in. (54.61 x 74.93cm)
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'SWEENEY WITH MICHAEL BREE, SLIGO, 1988'
- Price Realised: 500
- Sale: 27 May 2006
- colour lithograph (no. 13 from an edition of 40)
- 61 by 46cm., 24 by 18in.
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'ALCOOL DE SERPENT, 1980'
- Price Realised: 500
- Sale: 27 May 2006
- lithograph (no. 81 from an edition of 150)
- 74 by 51cm., 29 by 20in.
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'LA RECONTRE, 1984'
- Price Realised: 480
- Sale: 10 July 2023
- lithograph; (no. 1 from an edition of 25)
- 23½ x 34½in. (59.69 x 87.63cm)
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'THE KNEE CAP, 1978'
- Price Realised: 480
- Sale: 23 October 2017
- colour lithograph; (no. 3 from an edition of 120)
- 21Ύ x 29Ύin. (55Ό x 75.57cm)
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'CAFΙ TRISTE, 1981'
- Price Realised: 480
- Sale: 04 March 2013
- watercolour over pencil
- 22.5 by 30in., 56.25 by 75cm.
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'ALCOOL DE SERPENT, 1980'
- Price Realised: 450
- Sale: 09 November 2006
- lithograph (no. 55 from an edition of 150)
- 74 by 51cm., 29 by 20in.
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'THE LITTLE TENT OF BLUE THAT SOMETIMES PRISONERS CALL THE SKY, 1979'
- Price Realised: 420
- Sale: 10 July 2023
- lithograph; (no. 33 from an edition of 100)
- 29½ x 22in. (74.93 x 55.88cm)