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Colour lithograph, 57.5 x 77.5cm (22¾ x 30½”),
unframed
Signed and dated (19)’78, numbered artist’s proof,
and inscribed “pour Bjöurn a Marmö”
We thank The Taylor Gallery for their help in cata-
loguing this lot.
€ 300 - 500
Born in Kells, Co. Meath, Michael Farrell studied in London at St. Martin’s School of Art and later at Colchester College of Art. Visits to Donegal, London, Paris and New York in the
mid-1960s resulted in an innovative body of work, related to Celtic themes. His diverse range evolves from an objective, abstract formalism, exemplified in the Celtic and Pressé
works, to a more subjective figurative expression evidenced in the Pressé Politique and Miss O’Murphy/Madonna Irlanda series. As an artist he was concerned with issues sur-
rounding Irish identity, culture, history and politics.
He has received a number of awards internationally over the past four decades, and was elected a member of Aosdána in 1987. His work is included in important collections
both in Ireland and abroad, for example the Irish Museum of Modern Art, the Hugh Lane Gallery, the Ulster Museum, the City Museum of Manchester Art Gallery, and the Pom-
pidou Centre and Musée d’Art Modern in Paris.