Adam's The Antoinette and Patrick J.Murphy Collection 23rd October 2019

61 www.adams.ie The Antoinette & Patrick J. Murphy Collection | 23rd October2019 46 MICHAEL WARREN (B. 1950) Her Hair II Bronze, 88cm high x 8 x 8cm (34.6 x 3 x 3“) Signed with initials and dated (20) ‘03 Provenance: With the Peppercanister Gallery, Dublin. Exhibited: The Peppercanister Gallery, ‘ Wall and Plinth ’ exhibition, Dublin 2008, with full page illustration in the catalogue. € 3,000 - 5,000 Michael Warren was born in Gorey, Co. Wexford and followed a founda- tion course at Bath Academy of Art in 1969-70 before attending Trinity College Dublin. Afterwards he spent some years studying at the Accademia de Belle Arti de Brera in Milan before embarking on a fulltime career as a professional sculptor. Since then he has had spectacular success as a minimalist Irish artist, being invited to participate in many prestigious international sculpture exhibitions in Ja- pan, Spain, Andorra, Israel and Ecuador. He was the recipient of many awards for outstanding merit and was elected a member of Aosdána in 1981. In 1984 he was included in the Rosc International Exhibition in Dublin. Major sculptures in both wood and stone by the artist can be seen at RTE, IMMA, Trinity College, Dublin and the Offices of Dublin Port and Docks, as well as at many other public venues throughout the country. In recent years he has begun to have his sculptures cast in bronze. He had a most impressive mid-career retrospec- tive exhibition at the Royal Hibernian Academy and was elected an associate member of the Academy thereafter. He has exhibited widely and lives and works in County Wexford.