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 Aosdána 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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'AUVERS SUR OISE (ATELIER), 1982'
- Price Realised: €260
- Sale: 01 March 2021
- etching with aquatint; (no. 8 from an edition of 80)
- 14¼ x 13¾in. (36.20 x 34.93cm)
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'PROTESTANT OCCULTE, 1975'
- Price Realised: €240
- Sale: 13 December 2023
- lithograph; (no. 36 from an edition of 60)
- 25½ x 19in. (64.77 x 48.26cm)
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'A SHORTER HISTORY [OF IRELAND], 1982'
- Price Realised: €240
- Sale: 01 March 2021
- etching with aquatint; (no. 8 from an edition of 80)
- 14¼ x 13¾in. (36.20 x 34.93cm)
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'CAFÉ TRISTÉ, 1982'
- Price Realised: €240
- Sale: 01 March 2021
- etching with aquatint; (no. 8 from an edition of 80)
- 14¼ x 13¾in. (36.20 x 34.93cm)
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'THE LITTLE TENT OF BLUE THAT SOMETIMES PRISONERS CALL THE SKY, 1979'
- Price Realised: €200
- Sale: 01 October 2012
- lithograph; (épreuve d'artiste)
- 27.5 by 19.5in., 70 by 50cm.
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'ALCOOL DE SERPENT'
- Price Realised: €200
- Sale: 06 December 2008
- lithograph (no. 47 from an edition of 150)
- 74 by 51cm., 29 by 20in.
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'SANDYCOVE SERIES, 1967'
- Price Realised: €190
- Sale: 17 July 2017
- screenprint; (no.26 from an edition of 50)
- 23¾ x 37¾in. (60.33 x 95.89cm)
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'ALCOOL DE SERPENT, 1978'
- Price Realised: €140
- Sale: 23 October 2017
- lithograph; (artist's proof)
- 29¾ x 21¾in. (75.57 x 55¼cm)
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'L'AUTRE SAVOIR, 1983'
- Price Realised: €140
- Sale: 23 October 2017
- lithograph; (no. 67 from an edition of 90)
- 22¾ x 30¾in. (57.79 x 78.11cm)