Robert Ballagh
Roderic Knowles has written of the artist: "[Ballagh is] recognised for his imaginative and hyperealistic renderings of well known literary, historical or establishment figures
He represented Ireland at the Paris Biennale 1969 and soon became one of Ireland's most reputed painters. In the evolution of his art, in moving from abstraction to figuration, 'he introduced the figure first as a silhouette or 'cut-out', then as a painted figure (as in his pastiches of Goya, Delacroix, Poussin or Ingres) heavily outlined', Cyril Barrett writes
Other features of his work should be noted: his social commitment, which shows itself in his humour and wit, parody and pastiche and social comment, and his quite shameless literary and artistic allusions" (Roderic Knowles, Contemporary Irish Art: A Documentation, Wolfhound Press, Dublin, 1982, p.216).
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'TRINITY COLLEGE (VIEW FROM THE CHAPEL TO THE EXAMINATION HALL)'
- Price Realised: 609
- Sale: 13 June 2001
- photolithographic print, no. 117 in a limited edition of 300
- 89 by 64cm., 35 by 25in.
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'THE GLOBAL EMBRACE (SILICON SUITE, II) 1986'
- Price Realised: 540
- Sale: 13 December 2023
- silkscreen and etching on copper plate; (no. 40 from an edition of 286)
- 23½ x 37½in. (59.69 x 95Όcm)
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'LIBERTY ON THE BARRICADES [AFTER DELACROIX], 1971'
- Price Realised: 540
- Sale: 12 December 2022
- lithograph; (no. 51 from an edition of 100)
- 19½ x 24Ύin. (49.53 x 62.87cm)
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'AFTER DAVID, THE RAPE OF THE SABINE WOMEN'
- Price Realised: 533
- Sale: 13 March 2001
- limited edition print, numbered 7 out of an edition of 75
- 47 by 58cm., 18.5 by 23in.
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'NOT AGAIN, 1979'
- Price Realised: 520
- Sale: 24 February 2014
- print on canvas; (no. 2 from an edition of 15)
- 16 by 18in., 40 by 45cm.
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'NORTHERN IRELAND - THE 1,500 VICTIM, 1975'
- Price Realised: 500
- Sale: 24 October 2016
- mixed media print; (no. 3 from an edition of 5)
- 10Ύ x 19Όin. (27.31 x 48.90cm)
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'SILICON SUITE, I, II, III, 1986'
- Price Realised: 500
- Sale: 11 December 2011
- silkscreen and etching on copper plate
- 61 by 97cm., 24 by 38in.
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'James Joyce, Dubliners'
- Price Realised: 500
- Sale: 10 December 2005
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'James Joyce, Dubliners'
- Price Realised: 500
- Sale: 12 June 2005
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'James Joyce, Dubliners'
- Price Realised: 500
- Sale: 12 June 2005
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'NO. 53, WINTER IN RONDA, 1980'
- Price Realised: 460
- Sale: 03 April 2017
- silscreen print; (artist's proof)
- 16 x 23½in. (40.64 x 59.69cm)
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'AFTER DELACROIX, LIBERTY LEADING THE PEOPLE'
- Price Realised: 431
- Sale: 13 March 2001
- limited edition print, numbered 7 out of an edition of 100
- 48 by 62cm., 19 by 24.5in.
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'OH MONA, 1977'
- Price Realised: 420
- Sale: 25 July 2022
- print on canvas; (no. 3 from an edition of 10)
- 12 x 8Ύin. (30.48 x 22.23cm)
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'VIVA NICARAGUA, 1987'
- Price Realised: 400
- Sale: 25 July 2022
- computer generated print with collage; (unique)
- 19 x 25in. (48.26 x 63½cm)
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'VIEW OF THE EXAMINATION HALL, TRINITY COLLEGE, 1982'
- Price Realised: 400
- Sale: 14 June 2021
- offset lithogragh; (artist's proof)
- 29 x 21½in. (73.66 x 54.61cm)
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'J.P. DONLEAVY, 2006'
- Price Realised: 380
- Sale: 18 October 2021
- giclee print; (no. 6 from an edition of 100)
- 36 x 27in. (91.44 x 68.58cm)
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'AFTER GOYA, THE 3RD MAY'
- Price Realised: 380
- Sale: 13 March 2001
- limited edition print
- 48 by 61cm., 19 by 24in.
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'1916 RISING, 75th ANNIVERSARY, THE PROVISIONAL GOVERNMENT, 1990'
- Price Realised: 360
- Sale: 17 October 2022
- lithograph; (no. 210 from an edition of 500); (unframed)
- 17 x 23in. (43.18 x 58.42cm)
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'BIRTH OF THE IRISH REPUBLIC'
- Price Realised: 340
- Sale: 09 December 2018
- lithograph; (no 293 from an edition of 300)
- 21 x 24in. (53.34 x 60.96cm)
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'VIEW OF THE EXAMINATION HALL FROM THE CHAPEL, TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN, 1982'
- Price Realised: 320
- Sale: 23 October 2023
- offset lithograph; (no. 70 from an edition of 300)
- 30½ x 15½in. (77.47 x 39.37cm)
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'IN THE HEART OF THE HIBERNIAN METROPOLIS, 1988'
- Price Realised: 320
- Sale: 14 June 2021
- screenprint
- 20½ x 28½in. (52.07 x 72.39cm)
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'THE THIRD OF MAY, AFTER GOYA, 1973'
- Price Realised: 320
- Sale: 03 April 2017
- silscreen print (no. 56 from an edition of 100)
- 19 x 24in. (48.26 x 60.96cm)
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'THE ROUND HALL, FOUR COURTS, DUBLIN, 1999'
- Price Realised: 300
- Sale: 10 July 2023
- lithograph; (no. 140 from an edition of 300)
- 16½ x 20in. (41.91 x 50.80cm)
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'CELL, 1994'
- Price Realised: 300
- Sale: 17 October 2022
- lithograph; (unframed)
- 16½ x 11Ύin. (41.91 x 29.85cm)
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'VIEW OF THE EXAMINATION HALL, TRINITY COLLEGE, 1982'
- Price Realised: 300
- Sale: 03 April 2017
- offeset lithogragh; (artist's proof)
- 29 x 21½in. (73.66 x 54.61cm)
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'THE THIRD OF MAY, AFTER GOYA, 1973'
- Price Realised: 300
- Sale: 24 October 2016
- silkscreen print; (no. 19 from an edition of 100)
- 19 x 24in. (48.26 x 60.96cm)
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'THE RAPE OF THE SABINES, AFTER DAVID, 1973'
- Price Realised: 300
- Sale: 24 October 2016
- silkscreen print; (no. 10 from an edition of 75)
- 18½ x 23in. (46.99 x 58.42cm)
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'SLΑN ABHAILE, 1994'
- Price Realised: 290
- Sale: 17 October 2022
- lithograph; (no. 66 from an edition of 350); (unframed)
- 16½ x 20½in. (41.91 x 52.07cm)