ADAM'S - IMPORTANT IRISH ART, WEDNESDAY 29TH MARCH 2017 (Click Lot title for more images and to Place Bid)

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Oil on canvas, 91 x 120cm (35¾ x 47¼’’)
Signed and dated (19)’84; signed and inscribed with title verso
This work was painted by Dermot Seymour while he still lived in Belfast, after a trip toMayo, where he now lives with fellow artist AliceMaher. The artist has
said he was “just articulating an iconography of the world aroundme, an exploration of a seemingly absurd world at the time in the North, theMiddle East
Iranetc.”.Themodelforthework ishisfriendandfellowartistColinMcGookinwhoispaintedtwiceateithersideofafencingpoleinscribed ‘BritsOut’wearing
the ‘RedhandofUlster’ononesideand ‘TheEasterLily ‘ontheother.Similarworkstothishavebeenshown internationally including intheexhibition“Onthe
Balcony of aNation” which toured to several cities in TheUnited States in 1990 andmore recently in “Art of The Troubles Exhibition” in TheUlsterMuseum .
We thank the artist for his help in cataloguing this lot.
€ 1,500 - 2,500