Adam's IMPORTANT IRISH ART 29 MAY 2024

48 27 FREDERICK E. MCWILLIAM HRUA RA (1909 - 1992) Backwards (1975) Bronze, 30 x 20 x 9cm (11¾ x 8 x 3½”) Signed with initials and numbered 1/5 Provenance: A private Belfast Collection Exhibited: Banbridge, F.E. McWilliam Museum, Sept. 2008 - Feb. 2009; Drogheda, Highlanes Gallery Feb - April 2009 Literature: ‘F.E. McWilliam at Banbridge’ 2008 by Denise Ferran, Illus. p.106; ‘The Sculpture of F.E. McWilliam’ by Denise Ferran, Catalogue Raisonne No. 413 € 6,000 - 10,000 F.E. McWilliam felt impelled to respond to the events of the early 1970s in Northern Ireland, although he was living in London; the Banners series evoked a populace trying to find a way through this period, sometimes desperate, sometimes angry, occasionally comic. Forwards and Back- wards , have a wry resonance even today. 28 FREDERICK E. MCWILLIAM HRUA RA (1909 - 1992) Forwards (1975) Bronze, 39 x 24 x 12cm (15¼ x 9½ x 4¾”) Signed with initials and No. 1/5 Provenance: A private Belfast Collection Exhibited: London, Waddington Galleries, 1975, ‘F. E. McWilliam’ Literature: ‘The Sculpture of F.E. McWilliam’ by Denise Ferran, Catalogue Raisonne No. 412, Illus. p.160 € 8,000 - 12,000