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Diarmuid Delargy (b.1958) Samuel Beckett Bronze , 43cm high (17) Signed and inscribed

Diarmuid Delargy (b.1958) Samuel Beckett Bronze , 43cm high (17) Signed and inscribed

DIARMUID DELARGY

Beckett series. From an abandoned work. Signed. Artist Proof IV. Framed.

Diarmuid Delargy (b.1958) FROM THE ART AND EXTINCTION SERIES

Diarmuid Delargy (b.1958) TABLE SHARK AND CANDLE [FROM THE ART AND EXTINCTION SERIES], 2002 oil on canvas signed, titled, dated and with RHA exhibition label on reverse h:24  w:36 in. Provenance: RHA, Dublin; Private collection Exhibited: RHA, Dublin, 2004, catalogue no. 98 Working in painting, printmaking and sculpture, Belfast born artist Diarmuid Delargy studied at the College of Art and Design in the Ulster Polytechnic and later in the 1980s at the prestigious Slade School in London. Delargy has exhibited nationally and internationally since the 1980s; his breakthrough exhibition, titled 'Directions Out' at the Douglas Hyde Gallery in Dublin (1987), saw the artist reflect on 'the troubles' in Northern Ireland. Among his concerns in more recent years have been issues of the environment. In the summer of 2017 an exhibition titled 'Here and Now' - comprising oils and watercolours made over the previous decade - was presented at the Ballina Arts Centre County Mayo. The exhibition displayed several recurring themes based around the dominant motif of 'Art and Extinction' and included works from 'The Shark/Tope Series', which Delargy described as 'a visual conversation about the onslaught on the environment wrought by the relentless consumption of our era'. Delargy describes work from the Shark Series as characterised by - and somewhat associated with - his own thoughts about art and 'deep time', defined as the time scale of geologic events, which is vastly, almost unimaginably greater than the time scale of human lives and human plans. Delargy has commented, "The nature of this work has been a series of ongoing oil sketches developed into bigger and more significant aspects of these studies in larger canvas and/or board, using oil as the main medium. To date this has taken on a motif, that of a tope or a shark, a homage to the European natura morta tradition with a twist on the Pieta. Reckoned to be one of the oldest creatures on the planet, a product of the 'deep time', sharks have reached the end of their evolution, which makes them perfect - nature has perfected them. For me, sharks are vehicles to express oneself, I'm attracted by the idea of trying to paint and draw perfection; conceptually it's thought provoking - the imperfect responding to the perfect." In 1999 Delargy was elected to membership of Aosdána and to the Royal Society of Painter/Printmakers Bankside London in 2005. Among some of his most celebrated works are a suite of twenty-four prints based on writings by Samuel Beckett, created with the Nobel Laureate's written approval. He has also collaborated with Irish poet Ciaran Carson and Paul Muldoon on a handmade book in New York.

Diarmuid Delargy (b.1958) BECKETT SERIES FROM AN ABANDONED WORK, 1996

signed, titled, dated and editioned in the lower margin

Diarmuid Delargy (b.1958)Saluté Picasso (1993)Pen and ink, 47 x 35cm (18½ x 13¾'')Signed, inscribed and dated Nov '93Provenance: UTV Art CollectionExhibited: The Naughton Gallery, Queen's University, Belfast January / February 2006; Northwest I

Diarmuid Delargy (b.1958)Saluté Picasso (1993)Pen and ink, 47 x 35cm (18½ x 13¾'')Signed, inscribed and dated Nov '93Provenance: UTV Art CollectionExhibited: The Naughton Gallery, Queen's University, Belfast January / February 2006; Northwest Institute, Derby, May 2004;'A Fresh Look: The UTV Collection', The Highlanes Gallery, Drogheda, December 2007 - March 2008.Literature: 'UTV Art Collection' 2009, illustrated p.24.

Diarmuid Delargy (b.1958) PERSUADING YOUNG BULLS, 1989

signed and dated lower right; titled lower centre; numbered lower left

Diarmuid Delargy, Irish b.1958- ''Madonna I''

Diarmuid Delargy, Irish b.1958- ''Madonna I''; etching with aquatint, signed, numbered 8/35 and dated 1993 in pencil, 27x20.5cm, (may be subject to Droit de Suite)

Diarmuid Delargy (b.1958) ETCHING, 1986

signed, indistinctly titled, dated and numbered in the lower margin

Diarmuid Delargy (b.1958) DAVID & BATHSHEBA

Diarmuid Delargy (b.1958) LINNEGAN'S KITCHEN, 1982

Diarmuid Delargy (b.1958) LINNEGAN'S KITCHEN, 1982 signed and dated lower right; numbered lower left; inscribed lower centre; also with exhibition label on reverse etching (no. 9 from an edition of 30) 23 by 32cm., 9 by 12.75in. In the original frame of the Taylor Galleries, Dublin.

Diarmuid Delargy (b.1958) BECKETT SERIES FROM AN

Diarmuid Delargy (b.1958) BECKETT SERIES FROM AN ABANDONED WORK, 1996 signed and dated lower right; inscribed lower left etching, artist's proof 39 by 60cm., 15.5 by 23.75in. Published by the Fendereskey Gallery in an edition of 70 with 10 artist's proofs.

Diarmuid Delargy , b. 1958 Shark (from the Art and Extinction Series) oil on canvas, unframed

signed, titled and dated 07 on the reverse oil on canvas, unframed

Diarmuid Delargy , b. 1958 Head of Samuel Beckett bronze on stone base

signed and dated 04 bronze on stone base