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Frederick E. McWilliamHRUA RA (1909-1992)
Suspend Belief (1976)
Bronze, height 39cm (15”), signed with initials and numbered 2/5
Exhibited:
F.E. McWilliam
Exhibition,The Taylor Gallery, Dublin 1978
F.E. McWilliam Retrospective
travelling exhibition, Arts Council of
Ireland,The Ulster Museum, April/May 1981, Douglas Hyde Gallery,
May/June 1981, Crawford Gallery, Cork, July/August 1981, Cat. No.
125
Literature: ‘The Sculpture of F.E. McWilliam’ by Denise Ferran and Valerie
Holmes 2012, Cat. No. 433 (not illustrated)
After working on his
Women of Belfast
series between 1972 - 74 Mc William
turned his attention from the victims of the troubles in Northern Ireland to the
survivors. A prologue to the new series
Banners
was a piece called
Survivor
which
he completed early in 1975. He then started
Banners
- women as survivors and
campaigners for peace :
United as mothers across the religious and political divide
we marched through towns, held rallies, galvanised speakers
. This series shows again
that Mc William had not lost his Ulster roots and was concerned about what was
happening there.
He continued with this
Banner
series until the end of 1976 completing thirty
different pieces in the series some of which contained non-Ulster references like
“Buy more art” and other witty titles.
We thank Dr Denise Ferran whose various writing on F.E. Mc William which
formed the basis of this catalogue entry.
€8,000 - 12,000
