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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'THE IRISH HARE'
- Price Realised: 400
- Sale: 11 December 2017
- print; (no. 34 from an edition of 350)
- 27 x 19in. (68.58 x 48.26cm)
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'WOMAN AND FOX'
- Price Realised: 370
- Sale: 17 May 2008
- offset lithographic print, artist's proof (no. 3 of 10)
- 50 by 65cm., 19.5 by 25.5in.
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'THE IRISH SWAN'
- Price Realised: 320
- Sale: 10 July 2023
- photolithographic print; (no. 159 from an edition of 350)
- 23Ύ x 16½in. (60.33 x 41.91cm)
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'THE IRISH WOLFHOUND'
- Price Realised: 320
- Sale: 10 July 2023
- photolithographic print; (no. 186 from an edition of 350)
- 23Ύ x 16½in. (60.33 x 41.91cm)
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'THE IRISH SALMON'
- Price Realised: 320
- Sale: 10 July 2023
- photolithographic print; (no. 182 from an edition of 350)
- 23Ύ x 16½in. (60.33 x 41.91cm)
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'SEVEN AGES, SEVEN AGES CATALOGUE, KELLY READS BEWICK and PAULINE BEWICK AT 75 (SET OF FOUR)'
- Price Realised: 320
- Sale: 05 October 2020
- book; (4)
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'TWO LIONS'
- Price Realised: 304
- Sale: 17 December 2000
- coloured etching with dryprint
- 24 by 30cm., 9.5 by 12in.
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'THE IRISH SALMON'
- Price Realised: 300
- Sale: 09 December 2006
- colour print (no. 26 from an edition of 350)
- 69 by 48cm., 27 by 19in.
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'Ulick O'Connor, Irish Tales and Sagas, with illustrations by Bewick'
- Price Realised: 300
- Sale: 10 December 2005
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'YELLOW MAN LANDING IN TUSCANY and YELLOW MAN WRITES A BOOK (A PAIR)'
- Price Realised: 290
- Sale: 05 October 2020
- pencil and watercolour; (1); pencil and ink; (1)
- 11Ό x 8in. (28.58 x 20.32cm)
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'TWO LIONS'
- Price Realised: 270
- Sale: 28 March 2022
- etching; (no. 12 from an edition of 13)
- 6 x 9in. (15.24 x 22.86cm)
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'IRELAND AN ARTIST'S YEAR'
- Price Realised: 260
- Sale: 11 December 2011
- limited edition book. (no. 42 from an edition of 80)
- 25 by 20cm., 10 by 8in.
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'Rita Kelly, Kelly Reads Bewick, Allen House, Dublin, 2001.'
- Price Realised: 260
- Sale: 18 February 2003
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'Rita Kelly, Kelly Reads Bewick'
- Price Realised: 260
- Sale: 19 November 2002
- 0 by 0cm., by in.
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'SLEEPING CAT [A PAIR ON SINGLE SHEET], 1963'
- Price Realised: 240
- Sale: 25 March 2024
- etchings; (artist's proof)
- 6Ό x 4in. (15.88 x 10.16cm)
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'THE IRISH DOLPHIN'
- Price Realised: 240
- Sale: 11 December 2017
- print; (no. 34 from an edition of 350)
- 27 x 19in. (68.58 x 48.26cm)
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'THE IRISH SALMON'
- Price Realised: 240
- Sale: 11 December 2017
- print; (no. 34 from an edition of 350)
- 27 x 19in. (68.58 x 48.26cm)
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'Rita Kelly and Pauline Bewick, Kelly reads Bewick'
- Price Realised: 200
- Sale: 10 December 2005
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'Rita Kelly, Kelly Reads Bewick'
- Price Realised: 200
- Sale: 18 November 2003
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'THE IRISH SWAN'
- Price Realised: 190
- Sale: 11 December 2017
- print; (no. 34 from an edition of 350)
- 27 x 19in. (68.58 x 48.26cm)
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'THE IRISH WOLFHOUND'
- Price Realised: 190
- Sale: 11 December 2017
- print; (no. 34 from an edition of 350)
- 27 x 19in. (68.58 x 48.26cm)
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'RITA KELLY, KELLY READS BEWICK, ARLEN HOUSE GALWAY, 2001'
- Price Realised: 90
- Sale: 30 November 2009
- 43 by 30cm., 17 by 12in.
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'TAURUS'
- Price Realised: 76
- Sale: 17 December 2000
- colour poster print
- 57 by 75cm., 22.5 by 29.7in.