Irish Art of the Seventies
10 May – 10 December 2006
First Floor West Wing
Irish Museum of Modern Art
Robert
Ballagh
b. 1943, Dublin, Ireland
Liquorice Allsorts, 1971
Acrylic on canvas, black plastic covered board
111.9 x 182.7 cm
Collection Irish Museum of Modern Art
Gordon Lambert Trust, 1992
Robert Ballagh
b. 1943, Dublin, Ireland
Northern Ireland, the 1,500th Victim, 1976
Print with incised, sanded surface with wax, 4/5
27.5 x 50 cm (image) 46 x 64.4 cm (framed)
Collection Irish Museum of Modern Art
Gordon Lambert Trust, 1992
Robert
Ballagh
b. 1943, Dublin, Ireland
Portrait of David Hendriks, 1972
Acrylic on canvas
101.3 x 61 cm
Collection Irish Museum of Modern Art
Gordon Lambert Trust, 1992
Robert Ballagh
b. 1943, Dublin, Ireland
Two Men and a Lichtenstein, 1974
Acrylic on canvas, 16 panels
244 x 244 cm
Collection Irish Museum of Modern Art
Heritage Gift, P.J. Carroll & Co. Ltd. Art Collection, 2005
Deborah Brown
b. 1927, Northern Ireland
White Brush Strokes
, 1962
Oil on canvas
102 x 77 cm
Collection Irish Museum of Modern Art
Gordon Lambert Trust, 1992
John Burke
b. 1946, Ireland
Cardinal Worm, 1975
Painted metal
203 x 16.5 x 21.1 cm
Collection Irish Museum of Modern Art
Gordon Lambert Trust, 1992
Michael Coleman
b. 1951, Dublin, Ireland
Through Black, 1979
Mixed media
150 x 173 cm (image) 171.6 x 190 cm (framed)
Collection Irish Museum of Modern Art
Purchase, 1997
Patrick Collins
1910 - 1994, b. Sligo, Ireland
Field of Old Stones, 1978
Oil on canvas
81 x 91 cm (canvas) 99 x 111.2 cm (framed)
Collection Irish Museum of Modern Art
Heritage Gift, P.J. Carroll & Co. Ltd. Art Collection, 2005
Gerard Dillon
1916 - 1971, b. Belfast, Northern Ireland
Clown with Bird Canvas, c. 1965
Oil on board
56.5 x 31.75 cm
Collection Irish Museum of Modern Art
Heritage Gift, P.J. Carroll & Co. Ltd. Art Collection, 2005
Felim Egan
b. 1952, Donegal, Ireland
Composition with Red Panels (parts 1, 2 & 3), 1979
Acrylic on canvas
168.2 x 168 cm; 168 x 84.25; 168 x 84.25 cm
Collection Irish Museum of Modern Art
Heritage Gift, P.J. Carroll & Co. Ltd. Art Collection, 2005
Micheal Farrell
1940 – 2000, b. Meath, Ireland
Pressez series, Black and White, 1970
Acrylic on canvas
152.6 x 183.2 cm
Collection Irish Museum of Modern Art
Gordon Lambert Trust, 1992
Micheal Farrell
1940 – 2000, b. Meath, Ireland
Une Nature Morte á la Mode Irlandaise, 1974
Acrylic on paper on board and acrylic on wood
72.85 x 73 cm
Collection Irish Museum of Modern Art
Heritage Gift, P.J. Carroll & Co. Ltd. Art Collection, 2005
T.P. Flanagan
b. 1929, Fermanagh, Northern Ireland
Polythene Wrapped Turf Stack and an Egg Broken on a Pan (Summer Diary No.
6), 1975
Pencil, chalk and charcoal on paper
86.9 x 62.1 (image) 88.9 x 63.6 cm (framed)
Collection Irish Museum of Modern Art
Gordon Lambert Trust, 1992
T.P. Flanagan
b. 1929, Fermanagh, Northern Ireland
Bog Water Poured into Grass (Summer Diary No. 5), 1975
Charcoal and pastel on paper
86.9 x 61.7 cm (image) 88.9 x 63.7 cm (framed)
Collection Irish Museum of Modern Art
Gordon Lambert Trust, 1992
Gerda Frömel
1931 - 1975, b. Czechoslovakia
The Spear, 1974
Steel
225 x 40.6 x 40.6 cm
Collection Irish Museum of Modern Art
Heritage Gift, P.J. Carroll & Co. Ltd. Art Collection, 2005
Gerda Frömel
1931 - 1975, b. Czechoslovakia
Spear (small), 1973
Steel on marble base with mechanical movement
175.7 x 17.7 x 18.7 cm (including base)
Collection Irish Museum of Modern Art
Heritage Gift, P.J. Carroll & Co. Ltd. Art Collection, 2005
Gerda Frömel
1931 - 1975 b. Czechoslovakia
Moon and Hill, 1971
Alabaster, metal and wood base
55.88 x 39.37 cm
Collection Irish Museum of Modern Art
Heritage Gift, P.J. Carroll & Co. Ltd. Art Collection, 2005
Martin Gale
b. 1949, Worcester, England
Sonny's Day (triptych), 1980
Oil on canvas
107 x 137 cm
Collection Irish Museum of Modern Art
Donation, Maire and Maurice Foley, 2000
Martin Gale
Intrusion (triptych), c. 1978
Oil on canvas
91.44 x 182.88 cm
Collection Irish Museum of Modern Art
Heritage Gift, P.J. Carroll & Co. Ltd. Art Collection, 2005
Graham Gingles
b. 1943, Northern Ireland
Symbol for a Year (Time, Place Situation), 1979/80
Watercolour and pencil on paper with mixed media
45.8 x 45.9 cm (image) 55.6 x 65.2 (framed)
Collection Irish Museum of Modern Art
Gordon Lambert Trust, 1992
Colin Harrison
b. 1939, Britain
The Portable History of the World, 1974
Pencil on paper and oil on canvas in wooden box
51.7 x 65.9 x 11.1 cm
Collection Irish Museum of Modern Art
Gordon Lambert Trust, 1992
Roy Johnston
b. 1936, Tyrone, Northern Ireland
Sixteen rotated forms (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), 1975
Acrylic on cotton duck
100 x 100 cm (each unit) 202.4 x 202.4 cm (assembled)
Collection Irish Museum of Modern Art
Donation, 2004
Roy Johnston
b. 1936, Tyrone, Northern Ireland
Beneath 27/B, 1972
Acrylic on cotton duck
214 x 212.6 cm (diagonal measurements)
Collection Irish Museum of Modern Art
Donation, 2004
Cecil King
1921 - 1986, b. Wicklow, Ireland
Berlin Painting, 1970
Oil on canvas
228.1 x 142.4 cm
Collection Irish Museum of Modern Art
Heritage Gift by Bank of Ireland, 1999
Cecil King
1921 - 1986, b. Wicklow, Ireland
Easter, 1974
Oil on canvas
228.8 x 142.3 cm
Collection Irish Museum of Modern Art
Heritage Gift, P.J. Carroll & Co. Ltd. Art Collection, 2005
Cecil King
1921 - 1986, b. Wicklow, Ireland
Baggot Street Series, 1969
Oil on canvas
50.8 x 76.2 cm
Collection Irish Museum of Modern Art
Heritage Gift, P.J. Carroll & Co. Ltd. Art Collection, 2005
Cecil King
1921 - 1986, b. Wicklow, Ireland
Link, 1976
Oil on canvas
101.6 x 71.12 cm
Collection Irish Museum of Modern Art
Heritage Gift, P.J. Carroll & Co. Ltd. Art Collection, 2005
Brian King
b. 1942, Ireland
Cloud no. 2, c. 1973/4
Aluminium sculpture mounted on marble
44.4 x 32.7 x 8.9 cm (including base)
Collection Irish Museum of Modern Art
Gordon Lambert Trust, 1992
Louis le Brocquy
b. 1916, Dublin, Ireland
Hosting of the Táin, 1969
Aubusson tapestry, Tabard Frères et Soeurs
410 x 609.6 cm
Collection Irish Museum of Modern Art
Heritage Gift, P.J. Carroll & Co. Ltd. Art Collection, 2005
Louis le Brocquy
b. 1916, Dublin, Ireland
James Joyce, study 64, 1977
Oil on canvas
69.85 x 69.85 cm (image) 76 x 76 cm (framed)
Collection Irish Museum of Modern Art
Heritage Gift, P.J. Carroll & Co. Ltd. Art Collection, 2005
Ciarán Lennon
b. 1947, Dublin, Ireland
3 & 2 '78 Silver and Blue, 1978
Oil on unprimed canvas
69 x 66.5 cm; 81.5 x 58.75 cm; 69 x 59.5 cm
Collection Irish Museum of Modern Art
Gordon Lambert Trust, 1992
Theo McNab
b. 1940, Ireland
Irish Elegy, 1971
Wood, satin, silver-plated barbed wire, stainless steel
105.5 x 73.4 x 9.2 cm
Collection Irish Museum of Modern Art
Gordon Lambert Trust, 1992
Colin Middleton
1910-1983, b. Belfast, Northern Ireland
Bon Voyage, c. 1976
Oil on panel
62 x 62.2 cm
Collection Irish Museum of Modern Art
Gordon Lambert Trust, 1992
Brian O'Doherty
b. 1934, Ireland
Vowel Grid (Ogham Series), 1970
Coloured ink drawing
57 x 57 cm
Collection Irish Museum of Modern Art
Gordon Lambert Trust, 1992
Tony O'Malley
1913-2002, b. Kilkenny, Ireland
Callan Landscape, 3 Aspects, 1979
Gouache and coloured chalks on paper
52 x 78 cm
Collection Irish Museum of Modern Art
Heritage Gift from the McClelland Collection by Noel and Anne Marie Smyth,
2003
Anne Madden
b. 1932, London, England
Standing Stones (diptych), 1978
Acrylic on cotton duck
162.56 x 96.52 cm each panel
Collection Irish Museum of Modern Art
Heritage Gift, P.J. Carroll & Co. Ltd. Art Collection, 2005
Anne Madden
b. 1932, London, England
Burren, 1979
Graphite on paper
6 drawings, 26 x 10.8 cm each
Collection Irish Museum of Modern Art
Heritage Gift, P.J. Carroll & Co. Ltd. Art Collection, 2005
Edward McGuire
1932 - 1986, Dublin, Ireland
Owl, 1973
Oil on canvas
86.36 x 60.96 cm (canvas) 108.4 x 83 cm (framed)
Collection Irish Museum of Modern Art
Heritage Gift, P.J. Carroll & Co. Ltd. Art Collection, 2005
Norah McGuinness
Path to the Sun, 1962
Oil on canvas
1901 -1980, b. Derry, Northern Ireland
49.53 x 95.89 cm
Collection Irish Museum of Modern Art
Heritage Gift, P.J. Carroll & Co. Ltd. Art Collection, 2005
Evin Nolan
b. 1930, Ireland
Green Touch, c. 1974
Acrylic on canvas on board
121.92 x 132.08 cm
Collection Irish Museum of Modern Art
Heritage Gift, P.J. Carroll & Co. Ltd. Art Collection, 2005
Evin Nolan
b. 1930, Ireland
Orange Expansion, 1974
Acrylic on canvas
123.19 x 347.98 cm
Collection Irish Museum of Modern Art
Heritage Gift, P.J. Carroll & Co. Ltd. Art Collection, 2005
Michael Scott
1905-1989, b. Drogheda, Ireland
Coastal Landscape, 1968
Pen and ink on paper
37.47 x 48.9 cm
Collection Irish Museum of Modern Art
Heritage Gift, P.J. Carroll & Co. Ltd. Art Collection, 2005
Patrick Scott
b. 1921, Cork, Ireland
Large Rosc Symbol, 1971
Oil on canvas
243.84 x 243.84 cm
Collection Irish Museum of Modern Art
Heritage Gift, P.J. Carroll & Co. Ltd. Art Collection, 2005
Patrick Scott
b. 1921, Cork, Ireland
Small Rosc Symbol, 1967
Oil on panel
152.4 x 152.4 cm
Collection Irish Museum of Modern Art
Heritage Gift, P.J. Carroll & Co. Ltd. Art Collection, 2005
Patrick Scott
b. 1921, Cork, Ireland
E10, 1978
Ink on paper
63.5 x 48.26 cm
Collection Irish Museum of Modern Art
Heritage Gift, P.J. Carroll & Co. Ltd. Art Collection, 2005
Patrick Scott
b. 1921, Cork, Ireland
E13, 1978
Ink on paper
63.5 x 48.26 cm
Collection Irish Museum of Modern Art
Heritage Gift, P.J. Carroll & Co. Ltd. Art Collection, 2005
William Scott
1913-1989, b. Grenock, Scotland
Blue and Grey Abstract, 1966
Lithograph, 22/75
50.8 x 60.96 cm
Collection Irish Museum of Modern Art
Heritage Gift, P.J. Carroll & Co. Ltd. Art Collection, 2005
William Scott
1913-1989, b. Grenock, Scotland
Abstract in Triangles, 1966
Lithograph, 1/75
50.8 x 60.96 cm
Collection Irish Museum of Modern Art
Heritage Gift, P.J. Carroll & Co. Ltd. Art Collection, 2005
William Scott
1913-1989, b. Grenock, Scotland
Bottle and Bowl, 1970
Lithograph, 56/100
71.12 x 99.06 cm (image) 71.4 x 100.8 cm (framed)
Collection Irish Museum of Modern Art
Heritage Gift, P.J. Carroll & Co. Ltd. Art Collection, 2005
Maria Simonds-Gooding b. 1939, India
Habitation, 1970
Plaster, collage and oil
106.68 x 147.32 cm (work) 120.8 x 161 cm (framed)
Collection Irish Museum of Modern Art
Heritage Gift, P.J. Carroll & Co. Ltd. Art Collection, 2005
Camille Souter
b. 1929, Northampton, England
A Toucheen of Snow, 1964
Oil on plasterboard
57.3 x 78.6 cm
Collection Irish Museum of Modern Art
Heritage Gift, P.J. Carroll & Co. Ltd. Art Collection, 2005
Charles Tyrrell
b. 1950, Meath, Ireland
Abstract (diptych), 1967
Oil and canvas
182.88 x 91.44 cm each panel
Collection Irish Museum of Modern Art
Heritage Gift, P.J. Carroll & Co. Ltd. Art Collection, 2005
Charles Tyrrell
b. 1950, Meath, Ireland
Abstract (untitled), c. 1979
Paper collage, oil and mixed media on canvas
182.5 x 182 cm
Collection Irish Museum of Modern Art
Heritage Gift, P.J. Carroll & Co. Ltd. Art Collection, 2005
Michael Warren
b. 1950, Wicklow, Ireland
Logos II, 1978
Steel
54 x 27 x 22 cm
Collection Irish Museum of Modern Art
Heritage Gift, P.J. Carroll & Co. Ltd. Art Collection, 2005
Anne B. Yeats
1919 - 2001, b. Dublin, Ireland
Standing About Doing Nothing
Oil on canvas
59.69 x 90.17 cm
Collection Irish Museum of Modern Art
Heritage Gift, P.J. Carroll & Co. Ltd. Art Collection, 2005
Michael Warren
b. 1950, Wicklow, Ireland
De-creation III, 1977
Bronze, 1/6
43.3 x 30 x 25 cm
Collection Irish Museum of Modern Art
Heritage Gift, P.J. Carroll & Co. Ltd. Art Collection, 2005
Erik Adriaan Van Der Grijn
b. 1941, Holland
Drumsna, 1972
Photographic print (colour), Ed 1/10
17.7 x 26.7 cm (image) 46.1 x 48.5 cm (framed)
Collection Irish Museum of Modern Art
Gordon Lambert Trust, 1992