Pauline Bewick
Pauline Bewick was a painter and illustrator reared on a farm in Co. Kerry and later in England where she lived on a houseboat among other alternative dwellings. Although Bewick did not pursue a formal education, her mothers belief in her abilities instilled a confidence in the artist. She held her first exhibition in the Clog Gallery, Dublin in 1957 and at the Leicester and Piccadilly Galleries in London. Bewick lived and worked in Glenbeigh, Co. Kerry from 1974. She was the subject of major retrospective exhibitions, Two to Fifty (1,500 works) at the Guinness Hop Store in 1985 and The Yellow Man exhibition in 1996 at the RHA Gallery. She published several illustrated books; Dr James White, former Director of the National Gallery of Ireland, was author of her biography in 1985 and she was recorded on film in a 1993 documentary of her life by David Shaw-Smith. In September 1998 she was chosen for a portrait of 100 people who have changed the face of Ireland. The Taylor Galleries, Dublin exhibited Bewicks work for much of her career and hosted a hugely successful exhibition, Pauline Bewick at 75 in 2011. Bewick's works are in two permanent collections of 250 works each; the Waterford Collection on display at the Walton Building, Waterford Institute of Technology and The Kerry Collection on display at Library Place, Killorglin. Bewick published her memoir, "80: A Memoir" in 2015. Following an illustrious career Bewick passed away from cancae in 2022.
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'MO'S KITCHEN OUTSIDE, AUGUST 1990'
- Price Realised: 1,700
- Sale: 24 November 2008
- pen and ink with watercolour
- 25 by 36cm., 10 by 14in.
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'L'ARTISTE - TWO WINE LABEL DESIGNS FOR CHATEAUX MOUTON ROTHSCHILD'
- Price Realised: 1,600
- Sale: 27 May 2006
- hand-coloured etchings; artist's proof
- 30 by 50cm., 11.7 by 19.5in.
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'THE YELLOW MAN ON HIS BELLY WITH AN ANT ON HIS HAND'
- Price Realised: 1,600
- Sale: 27 April 2004
- watercolour with pen and ink
- 20 by 18cm., 8 by 7in.
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'IRISH ANIMAL SERIES (SET OF SIX)'
- Price Realised: 1,500
- Sale: 25 March 2024
- photolithographic prints; (nos. 309 from an edition of 350); (unframed); (6)
- 23Ύ x 17in. (60.33 x 43.18cm)
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'WARMING MY FOOT, 1973'
- Price Realised: 1,400
- Sale: 28 May 2018
- ink and pastel
- 30Ύ x 22Ύin. (78.11 x 57.79cm)
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'STAMP COLLECTION, 1970'
- Price Realised: 1,400
- Sale: 02 October 2017
- pencil, watercolour and collage
- 42½ x 31in. (107.95 x 78.74cm)
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'YELLOW DREAMS IN AN OLIVE TREE'
- Price Realised: 1,400
- Sale: 30 November 2015
- ink and gouache with collage on wove paper
- 12½ x 12in. (31Ύ x 30.48cm)
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'SIX DESIGNS FOR WINE LABELS, CH¦TEUX MOUTON ROTHSCHILD'
- Price Realised: 1,396
- Sale: 19 November 2001
- six separate etchings printed on a single sheet of paper
- 69 by 48cm., 27 by 19in.
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'HORSE IN THE JINGLE'
- Price Realised: 1,100
- Sale: 10 December 2005
- etching, artist's proof
- 30 by 44cm., 11.7 by 17.5in.
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'IRISH ANIMAL SERIES (SET OF SIX)'
- Price Realised: 1,000
- Sale: 01 July 2024
- photolithographic prints; (6); (various nos., from an edition of 350); (unframed)
- 24 x 17in. (60.96 x 43.18cm)
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'THE IRISH SWAN, THE IRISH WOLFHOUND, THE IRISH DOLPHIN and THE IRISH HARE (SET OF FOUR)'
- Price Realised: 1,000
- Sale: 23 October 2023
- photolithographic prints; (4); (nos. 342 from an edition of 350); (unframed)
- 23½ x 16Όin. (59.69 x 41.28cm)
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'FOSSETT'S HORSE RIDES, 2001'
- Price Realised: 1,000
- Sale: 09 July 2018
- gouache, pen and ink
- 8 x 11in. (20.32 x 27.94cm)
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'SWANS AND TREES, 2003'
- Price Realised: 1,000
- Sale: 30 September 2013
- ceramic jug
- 11.75 by 12.5 by 8.5in., 29.375 by 31.25 by 21.25cm.
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'DANDELION & CAT, 1969'
- Price Realised: 950
- Sale: 28 November 2016
- watercolour over ink on paper
- 19Ύ x 24Ύin. (50.17 x 62.87cm)
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'GOOD MORNING BUTTERFLY'
- Price Realised: 900
- Sale: 05 October 2020
- watercolour with pen and ink
- 11½ x 7½in. (29.21 x 19.05cm)
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'FIGURE AND TREES, 1957'
- Price Realised: 640
- Sale: 03 April 2023
- ink
- 9 x 11in. (22.86 x 27.94cm)
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'HAZEL'S [HOUSE] and NEAR HAZEL'S, 1983 and WOMAN READING, 1981'
- Price Realised: 640
- Sale: 24 February 2014
- pen and ink with watercolour; (2); colour print; (1); first edition books; (2)
- 3.75 by 5.75in., 9.375 by 14.375cm.
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'TAURUS'
- Price Realised: 620
- Sale: 01 July 2024
- print; (no. 174 from an edition of 750)
- 22½ x 29Ύin. (57.15 x 75.57cm)
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'WOMAN AND FOX'
- Price Realised: 600
- Sale: 12 December 2022
- offset lithograph; (no. 44 from an edition of 50)
- 20 x 25Ύin. (50.80 x 65.41cm)
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'Thirty Three Triads, translated by Thomas Kinsella from the XII century Irish, illustrated by Bewick'
- Price Realised: 600
- Sale: 27 May 2006
- limited edition
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'KERRY DANCE'
- Price Realised: 600
- Sale: 10 December 2005
- a-tone etching (no. 61 from an edition of 75)
- 29 by 22cm., 11.5 by 8.75in.
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'THE IRISH DOLPHIN'
- Price Realised: 580
- Sale: 10 July 2023
- photolithographic print; (no. 117 from an edition of 350)
- 23Ύ x 16½in. (60.33 x 41.91cm)
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'L'ARTISTE AND LOVERS and L'ARTISTE AND WOMAN OUTSIDE for MOUTON ROTHSCHILD WINE LABEL, 1987 (A PAIR ON SINGLE SHEET)'
- Price Realised: 550
- Sale: 13 December 2023
- watercolour and etching
- 17 x 24½in. (43.18 x 62.23cm)
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'PAINTING A LIFE by JAMES WHITE [1985]'
- Price Realised: 540
- Sale: 30 September 2013
- limited edition book; (no. 46 from 75)
- 11 by 8.5in., 27.5 by 21.25cm.
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'THE IRISH HARE'
- Price Realised: 520
- Sale: 10 July 2023
- photolithographic print; (no. 170 from an edition of 350)
- 23½ x 16Όin. (59.69 x 41.28cm)
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'THE IRISH ELK'
- Price Realised: 460
- Sale: 10 July 2023
- photolithographic print; (from an edition of 350)
- 23Ύ x 16½in. (60.33 x 41.91cm)
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'FIGURE AND SUN and THREE MICE AND CAT (A PAIR)'
- Price Realised: 440
- Sale: 01 July 2024
- ink, watercolour and gold pen; (1); ink; (1); (unframed)
- 8Ό x 4½in. (20.96 x 11.43cm)
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'STILL LIFE'
- Price Realised: 440
- Sale: 25 July 2022
- lithograph; (no. 40 from an edition of 65)
- 11Ύ x 16½in. (29.85 x 41.91cm)