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HECTOR MCDONNELL RUA (B.1947)
A set of eleven drawings relating to “The Ballad of William Bloat”
Mixed media, 24.5 x 15.5 cm (9.75 x 6.75 “)
Signed and dated (19)’82 (11)
These drawings are the preliminary sketches done by Hector Mc Donnell which he worked up into a set of etchings which were used to illustrate a book “The Ballad of
William Bloat” which accompanies this lot and was published by Blackstaff Press in 1982 . “The Ballad of William Bloat” was written by Raymond Calvert from Helen’s
Bay in 1926 but many corrupt versions have since been recited . Hector Mc Donnell first heard it recited in 1970 and he stated “I had for a long time been wanting to
produce some work which would express my feelings about Belfast , and I decided by illustrating this bawdy parody was by far the most effective way of doing so. “
€1,500 - 2,500