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

JOHN BEHAN Cu Chulainn

Bronze, unique

signed and dated 02 91.5cm x 40cm

35.5” x 15.25”

Cú Chulainn is the hero of the ancient saga Táin Bó Cuailnge, the oldest vernacular epic in western literature.

This ancient tale is the centre of the Ulster Cycle of stories. Cú Chulainn is the invincible, unbeatable warrior who will remain alive until the

Morrigan - the crow Goddess and fatal to all she touches - lands on his shoulder

€8,000-10,000

Dublin Sculptor John Behan studied at the National College of Art and Design, Ealing Art College in London and the Royal Academy School in Oslo. In July

1967 he became a founding member of Project Arts Centre, and in 1970 co-founded the Dublin Art Foundry. Behan was a member of The Arts Council

1973-1978), was elected a member of Aosdána in 1978 and RHA in 1990. He exhibited at the Irish Exhibition of Living Art, An tOireachtas Art Exhibitions,

and has carried out various significant commissions including The Famine Ship at the United Nations Plaza in New York, The National Famine Memorial at

Croagh Patrick Co. Mayo, and Megalithic Memory at AIB Bankcentre in Dublin.

A major retrospective of his work was held at Galway Arts Festival and at the RHA Gallagher Gallery in 1994/5, and his work are found in public collections

such as The National Gallery of Ireland, The Hugh Lane Municipal Gallery, and Crawford Municipal Gallery, and important private collections such as that

of HM Queen Beatrix of The Netherlands and former US President Bill Clinton. Behan now lives and works in Galway and exhibits regularly with the Kenny

Gallery in Galway and the Solomon Gallery in Dublin.