Rowan Gillespie Paintings & Artwork for Sale | Rowan Gillespie Art Value Price Guide

Dec. 04, 2024
Rowan Gillespie (b.1953) Looking at Orion Bronze, 22 x 30cm(h) (8½ x 11¾'') Numbered 5/9 Signed and dated (20)'05
Est: €5,000 - €8,000
Rowan Gillespie (b.1953) Looking at Orion Bronze, 22 x 30cm(h) (8½ x 11¾'') Numbered 5/9 Signed and dated (20)'05
Adam's
Dec. 02, 2024
Rowan Gillespie (b.1953) THREE DANCERS, 1994
Est: €4,000 - €6,000
Rowan Gillespie (b.1953) THREE DANCERS, 1994 bronze; (no. 1 from an edition of 9) signed, titled, dated and numbered on underside h:10.75 w:12 d:4 in.
Whyte's
Dec. 02, 2024
Rowan Gillespie (b.1953) THE ELEMENTS, 1994
Est: €4,000 - €6,000
Rowan Gillespie (b.1953) THE ELEMENTS, 1994 bronze on black marble base signed, titled and dated on base h:7.50 w:13 d:13 in.
Whyte's
Oct. 23, 2024
λ ROWAN GILLESPIE (IRISH B. 1953), THE BUDDHA'S WAY
Est: £6,000 - £8,000
λ ROWAN GILLESPIE (IRISH B. 1953)THE BUDDHA'S WAYBronzeHeight: 131cm (51½ in.)
Dreweatts 1759 Fine Sales
Sep. 30, 2024
Rowan Gillespie (b.1953) DILEMMA, 1979
Est: €8,000 - €12,000
Rowan Gillespie (b.1953) DILEMMA, 1979 aluminium alloy and Plexiglass on marble base; (no. 2 from an edition of 9) signed, numbered and dated on leg near base h:22.25 w:13.50 d:11.25 in. Provenance: Acquired at Galerie Hüsstege-Steltman, 's-Hertogenbosch, Holland, 1978; Adams Amsterdam Auctions, 11 June 2024, lot 145; Private collection Exhibited: Galerie Hüsstege-Steltman, 's-Hertogenbosch, Holland, 1978 Literature: Kohn, Roger, Rowan Gillespie Looking for Orion, The O'Brien Press, Dublin, p.23 (illustrated)
Whyte's
Sep. 25, 2024
Rowan Gillespie (Irish, b. 1953) The Egg, 1979
Est: $8,000 - $12,000
Rowan Gillespie (Irish, b. 1953) The Egg, 1979 unique aluminum sculpture signed ROWAN, dated, and inscribed 'individual item' 34 x 8 x 8 inches. Property from the Collection of Fern & Manfred Steinfeld, Boca Raton, Florida.
Freeman’s | Hindman
Jun. 11, 2024
Rowan Gillespie (Irish 1953). Dilemma, 1979.
Est: €3,000 - €5,000
Rowan Gillespie (Irish 1953) Dilemma, 1979 alloy and plexiglass signed, dated and numbered 'Rowan 2/9 1979' (lower left leg) 55 cm. high (incl. stone base)
Adams Amsterdam Auctions
May. 29, 2024
Rowan Gillespie (b.1953) Dancer Bronze 23 x 18cm high (9 x 7) Signed and numbered 2/9
Est: €3,000 - €5,000
Rowan Gillespie (b.1953) Dancer Bronze 23 x 18cm high (9 x 7) Signed and numbered 2/9
Adam's
May. 29, 2024
Rowan Gillespie (1953)
Est: €2,000 - €4,000
Rowan Gillespie (1953), “Robed Figure”, dated 1988, signed ‘Rowan' and numbered 2/9 on base.
Vendu Rotterdam
Apr. 24, 2024
Rowan Gillespie (Irish, b. 1953) The Egg, 1979
Est: $8,000 - $12,000
Rowan Gillespie (Irish, b. 1953) The Egg, 1979 unique aluminum sculpture signed ROWAN, dated, and inscribed 'individual item' 34 x 8 x 8 inches. Property from the Collection of Fern & Manfred Steinfeld, Boca Raton, Florida.
Hindman
Apr. 24, 2024
Rowan Gillespie (Irish, b. 1953) Fragments of a Dream, 1979
Est: $6,000 - $8,000
Rowan Gillespie (Irish, b. 1953) Fragments of a Dream, 1979 aluminum inscribed ROWAN, dated and numbered 4/9 17 1/4 x 8 x 8 inches. Property from the Collection of Fern & Manfred Steinfeld, Boca Raton, Florida.
Hindman
Mar. 11, 2024
Rowan Gillespie (b.1953) CAPTIVE MAN OF 83, 1983
Est: €12,000 - €15,000
Rowan Gillespie (b.1953) CAPTIVE MAN OF 83, 1983 bronze; (no. 1 from an edition of 9) signed, dated and numbered on lower back h:19.50 w:5 d:4 in. Provenance: Solomon Gallery, Dublin; Private collection We are grateful to the artist for his kind assistance in cataloguing this work.
Whyte's
Feb. 06, 2024
ROWAN GILLESPIE (IRISH, B. 1953), BRONZE FEMALE TORSO Height of torso: 10 1/2 in. (26.7 cm.), Height of base: 3 in. (7.6 cm.)
Est: $6,000 - $8,000
ROWAN GILLESPIE (IRISH, B. 1953), BRONZE FEMALE TORSO signed along edge 3/9 Rowan Gillespie 1993, above a black ceramic base
Potomack Company
Dec. 06, 2023
Rowan Gillespie (b.1953) Starry Night (Man with Dog) (1998) Bronze, 27cm high x 19cm (10½ x 7½) Signed and dated 1998 Edition 3/9 Provenance: With The Solomon Gallery, Dublin, where purchased by the present owners. The subject is a self-p
Est: €10,000 - €15,000
Rowan Gillespie (b.1953) Starry Night (Man with Dog) (1998) Bronze, 27cm high x 19cm (10½ x 7½) Signed and dated 1998 Edition 3/9 Provenance: With The Solomon Gallery, Dublin, where purchased by the present owners. The subject is a self-portrait, with Rowan depicting himself on a late night walk with his dog, Pablo.
Adam's
Dec. 06, 2023
Rowan Gillespie (b.1953) Peace II (1998) Bronze on a circular limestone base 78cm (30¾) high Signed, inscribed and dated on the base No. 2/9 Provenance: With the Solomon Gallery, Dublin, where purchased by the present owners. Literature:
Est: €20,000 - €30,000
Rowan Gillespie (b.1953) Peace II (1998) Bronze on a circular limestone base 78cm (30¾) high Signed, inscribed and dated on the base No. 2/9 Provenance: With the Solomon Gallery, Dublin, where purchased by the present owners. Literature: Roger Kohn, Rowan Gillespie Looking for Orion, O'Brien Press, 2007, illus. p. 97 Female figures are quite prominent in Gillespies work, with his depiction of the body often acting as a celebration of female liberty and the vitality of life. They are not treated in the same way as a classical sculpture in which the female form was often depicted as an object of beauty. Instead Gillespie strives to create thoughtful expressions of the free-spirited and independent nature of modern women. Freedom is a constant thread in Gillespies work, something his sculptures seem to always be striving towards, whether they are scaling the side of a building, Aspiration (1995) or perched on a window ledge, Birdy (1997). His figures seem to affect an act of defiance in the face of gravity. While Gillespies sculptures are often struggling under the weight, literal and metaphorical, of the base, elemental forces of life there is also a lightness, a joy found within his depictions of the human form. There is a visual link between the outstretched arms in Peace II and the Blackrock Dolmen (1987), although on this occasion the figures are not supporting the heavy weight of the stone. Instead with their arms outstretched, reaching upwards towards an imaginary light, one is reminded of his respective large-scale public commissions in Italy and Dublin, Leta della donna (2009) and The Age of Freedom (1992). On both occasions the figures stand, similar to the present work, naked, offering some form of thanksgiving to the sun. The two figures in Peace II, seem to grow upwards from the same source, their bodies intertwined with one another. It is an expression of gratitude, a gesture of sublimation and hope. While he is known for his emotionally arresting Famine memorial, here there is a delicacy to the treatment of the material which seems to hark back to his earlier investigations into the human form. The finish of the bronze in this work is the antithesis of the cracking, raw patinas of his Famine figures. However, once again he has created a visual as well as physical connection to the raised arms of his Jubilant Man (2007) sculpture in Irelands Park, Toronto, who upon safe arrival in Canada is utterly overcome with emotion. Niamh Corcoran, 2023
Adam's
Dec. 04, 2023
Rowan Gillespie (b.1953) OLD COUPLE, 1979
Est: €10,000 - €15,000
Rowan Gillespie (b.1953) OLD COUPLE, 1979 bronze; (from an edition of 9) signed at base h:15 w:5.50 d:4.75 in. Exhibited: 'Rowan Gillespie: Exhibition of Sculpture', Lad Lane Gallery, Dublin, 12 April to 10 May 1980, catalogue no. 9
Whyte's
Dec. 02, 2023
Rowan Gillespie bronze
Est: $1,500 - $2,500
Rowan Gillespie (British 1953- ) The Bass Player bronze sculpture, 1978, signed, dated and numbered 2/9 at base. 7 1/2"h
Rachel Davis Fine Arts
Nov. 28, 2023
ROWAN GILLESPIE (IRISH, B. 1953), BRONZE FEMALE TORSO Height of torso: 10 1/2 in. (26.7 cm.), Height of base: 3 in. (7.6 cm.)
Est: $8,000 - $12,000
ROWAN GILLESPIE (IRISH, B. 1953), BRONZE FEMALE TORSO signed along edge 3/9 Rowan Gillespie 1993, above a black ceramic base
Potomack Company
Oct. 02, 2023
Rowan Gillespie (b.1953) CAPTIVE MAN OF 83, 1983
Est: €15,000 - €20,000
Rowan Gillespie (b.1953) CAPTIVE MAN OF 83, 1983 bronze; (no. 1 from an edition of 9) signed, dated and numbered on lower back h:19.50 w:5 d:4 in. Provenance: Solomon Gallery, Dublin; Private collection We are grateful to the artist for his kind assistance in cataloguing this work.
Whyte's
Oct. 02, 2023
Rowan Gillespie (b.1953) KISSING COUPLE
Est: €2,000 - €3,000
Rowan Gillespie (b.1953) KISSING COUPLE bronze on marble base; (no. 9 from an edition of 9) signed, dated and numbered on base h:3.75 w:2.75 d:2.75 in.
Whyte's
Oct. 02, 2023
Rowan Gillespie (b.1953) LOVERS, 1981
Est: €3,000 - €5,000
Rowan Gillespie (b.1953) LOVERS, 1981 bronze on handcarved wooden base; (no. 3 from an edition of 9) signed, numbered and dated on figure's leg h:3.50 w:9 d:3 in. Dimensions of base: 1.5 by 10.5 by 3.5in.
Whyte's
Sep. 27, 2023
Rowan Gillespie (b.1953) The Kiss (1990) Bronze, 41cm high (16) on a circular limestone base Signed, dated 1990 and numbered 8/9 Provenance: Sale, these rooms 3/12/2008, lot no. 77, where purchased by the current owners Three sculptors we
Est: €15,000 - €20,000
Rowan Gillespie (b.1953) The Kiss (1990) Bronze, 41cm high (16) on a circular limestone base Signed, dated 1990 and numbered 8/9 Provenance: Sale, these rooms 3/12/2008, lot no. 77, where purchased by the current owners Three sculptors were commissioned by architects Burke-Kennedy Doyle to produce a sculpture each for the new complex opposite the Concert Hall in Dublin. As Rowan was driving past the site one day he saw a young couple kissing. A simple kiss therefore provided the inspiration for what has since become an immensely popular public sculpture. The pedestal is only slightly raised above the ground, so that the figures may more readily be identified by their fellow man. The lips do not quite touch, creating the deeply personal space of a shared breath. Khalil Gibrans book The Prophet was foremost in Rowans mind as he portrayed two people growing together gently like the trees in a forest, in stark contrast to The Lovers, Edvard Munchs aggressively violent kiss in which the vampire-like girl virtually consumes her beau in a frenzy of passion. Extract from Rowan Gillespie; Looking for Orion, with thanks to the artist
Adam's
Sep. 27, 2023
Rowan Gillespie (b.1953) Torso Bronze 36cm high (14¼) including base Edition 5/9 Signed and dated 1994 and numbered 5/9
Est: €8,000 - €12,000
Rowan Gillespie (b.1953) Torso Bronze 36cm high (14¼) including base Edition 5/9 Signed and dated 1994 and numbered 5/9
Adam's
Jun. 27, 2023
Rowan Gillespie (1953-) bronzen beeldje met voorstelling van kussende figur
Est: €400 - €800
Rowan Gillespie (1953-) bronzen beeldje met voorstelling van kussende figuren, gesigneerd en gedateerd 1999 onderop, oplage 9/9, h. 10 cm
Veilinghuis Van Spengen
May. 31, 2023
Rowan Gillespie (b. 1953) Peace II (1998) Bronze 78cm (30¾) Signed, inscribed and dated on the base No. 9/9 Provenance: With The Solomon Gallery, Dublin, where purchased by the present owners. Literature: Roger Kohn, Rowan Gillespie Looking for Ori
Est: €20,000 - €30,000
Rowan Gillespie (b. 1953) Peace II (1998) Bronze 78cm (30¾) Signed, inscribed and dated on the base No. 9/9 Provenance: With The Solomon Gallery, Dublin, where purchased by the present owners. Literature: Roger Kohn, Rowan Gillespie Looking for Orion, O'Brien Press, 2007, illus. p. 97 Female figures are quite prominent in Gillespies work, with his depiction of the body often acting as a celebration of female liberty and the vitality of life. They are not treated in the same way as a classical sculpture in which the female form was often depicted as an object of beauty. Instead Gillespie strives to create thoughtful expressions of the free-spirited and independent nature of modern women. Freedom is a constant thread in Gillespies work, something his sculptures seem to always be striving towards, whether they are scaling the side of a building, Aspiration (1995) or perched on a window ledge, Birdy (1997). His figures seem to affect an act of defiance in the face of gravity. While Gillespies sculptures are often struggling under the weight, literal and metaphorical, of the base, elemental forces of life there is also a lightness, a joy found within his depictions of the human form. There is a visual link between the outstretched arms in Peace II and the Blackrock Dolmen (1987), although on this occasion the figures are not supporting the heavy weight of the stone. Instead with their arms outstretched, reaching upwards towards an imaginary light, one is reminded of his respective large-scale public commissions in Italy and Dublin, Leta della donna (2009) and The Age of Freedom (1992). On both occasions the figures stand, similar to the present work, naked, offering some form of thanksgiving to the sun. The two figures in Peace II, seem to grow upwards from the same source, their bodies intertwined with one another. It is an expression of gratitude, a gesture of sublimation and hope. While he is known for his emotionally arresting Famine memorial, here there is a delicacy to the treatment of the material which seems to hark back to his earlier investigations into the human form. The finish of the bronze in this work is the antithesis of the cracking, raw patinas of his Famine figures. However, once again he has created a visual as well as physical connection to the raised arms of his Jubilant Man (2007) sculpture in Irelands Park, Toronto, who upon safe arrival in Canada is utterly overcome with emotion. Niamh Corcoran, May 2023
Adam's
May. 31, 2023
Rowan Gillespie (b. 1953) The Bard Bronze, 33cm high (13) Edition 1/9 Signed and dated 1995
Est: €5,000 - €8,000
Rowan Gillespie (b. 1953) The Bard Bronze, 33cm high (13) Edition 1/9 Signed and dated 1995
Adam's
May. 31, 2023
Rowan Gillespie (b. 1953) Narcissus Bronze, 24 (h) x 31 x 30cm (9½ x 12¼ x 11¾) Signed, numbered 3/9 and dated 1982
Est: €12,000 - €15,000
Rowan Gillespie (b. 1953) Narcissus Bronze, 24 (h) x 31 x 30cm (9½ x 12¼ x 11¾) Signed, numbered 3/9 and dated 1982
Adam's
May. 31, 2023
Rowan Gillespie (b.1953) Devil's Advocate Bronze, 33cm high (13) Signed, numbered 4/9 and dated 1987
Est: €7,000 - €10,000
Rowan Gillespie (b.1953) Devil's Advocate Bronze, 33cm high (13) Signed, numbered 4/9 and dated 1987
Adam's
May. 31, 2023
Rowan Gillespie (b. 1953) The Egg Bronze, 33cm high (13) Edition 2/9 Signed Provenance: From the Collection of Patrick McEntee SC
Est: €3,000 - €5,000
Rowan Gillespie (b. 1953) The Egg Bronze, 33cm high (13) Edition 2/9 Signed Provenance: From the Collection of Patrick McEntee SC
Adam's
Mar. 01, 2023
Rowan Gillespie (b.1953) Daisy Bronze, 35 x 35 x 40cm high (13¾ x 13¾ x 15¾) Edition 2/9 Signed and dated 1982 The present work is one of a series conceived in response to two of the main issues of the time - the t
Est: €10,000 - €15,000
Rowan Gillespie (b.1953) Daisy Bronze, 35 x 35 x 40cm high (13¾ x 13¾ x 15¾) Edition 2/9 Signed and dated 1982 The present work is one of a series conceived in response to two of the main issues of the time - the threat of nuclear war and the depletion of the ozone layer. The concept of three figures working together in a bid to achieve the impossible is a recurring theme that I later used in The Blackrock Dolmen and Solans Law. It was my first sculpture to receive any kind of publicity and led to my very first, extremely nervous, television appearance. (Irelands Eye, RTE, May 1982) Rowan Gillespie, January 2023
Adam's
Dec. 07, 2022
Rowan Gillespie (b.1953) The Gift Bronze, 34cm high (13) Signed, numbered 6/9 and dated 1998
Est: €5,000 - €8,000
Rowan Gillespie (b.1953) The Gift Bronze, 34cm high (13) Signed, numbered 6/9 and dated 1998
Adam's
Nov. 29, 2022
Rowan Gillespie (1953)
Est: €10,000 - €15,000
Rowan Gillespie (1953) Awa, 2001 stone sculpture consisting of 8 parts with copper elements and an additional gas regulator on slate base with copper backing incised with signature and date 'Rowan Gillespie 2001' (on the backside) 190 cm. high (incl. base)
Adams Amsterdam Auctions
May. 25, 2022
Rowan Gillespie, Untitled
Est: $10,000 - $15,000
Rowan Gillespie Untitled 1985 cast bronze 34.25 h × 16 w × 10 d in (87 × 41 × 25 cm) Impressed signature, date and number to base '1/9 Rowan 1985'. This work is number 1 from the edition of 9. This work will ship from Rago in Lambertville, New Jersey.
Rago Arts and Auction Center
Dec. 08, 2021
Rowan Gillespie, Untitled (figure in robe)
Est: $3,000 - $5,000
Rowan Gillespie Untitled (figure in robe) 1997 bronze 13 h × 6 w × 4 d in (33 × 15 × 10 cm) Incised signature, date and number to underside '3/9 Gillespie 1997'. This work is number 3 from the edition of 9. condition: Work is in very good condition with rich patina.
Rago Arts and Auction Center
May. 31, 2021
Rowan Gillespie (b.1953) DANCING FIGURE, 1984
Est: €2,000 - €3,000
Rowan Gillespie (b.1953) DANCING FIGURE, 1984 bronze; (no. 7 from an edition of 9) signed, dated and numbered at base h:11.50 w:5.25 d:4.25 in.
Whyte's
Mar. 22, 2021
Rowan Gillespie (b.1953) WILD HARVEST, 1990
Est: €12,000 - €15,000
signed and dated on figure's leg; titled and inscribed [Bank of Ireland - R.T.E. Arts Show Awards - 1989 - Andy Hinds] on base
Whyte's
Nov. 30, 2020
Rowan Gillespie (Blackrock 1953)
Est: €2,500 - €3,500
Sleeping Nude Signed, dated '81 and numbered 2/9 on the lower body Bronze, metal and perpex, L. 27.5 cm Faults or imperfections are not recorded in the lot description. We encourage you to inspect the lots during our viewing days. Condition reports are available upon request.
AAG Auctioneers
Nov. 04, 2020
Rowan Gillespie, Irish b.1953 - Untitled, group of standing figures;
Est: £1,000 - £2,000
Rowan Gillespie, Irish b.1953- Untitled, group of standing figures; bronze, on circular slate plinth, signed and dated 1990, inscribed Bank of Ireland R.T.E. Arts Show Awards 1989 Andy Hinds, 48cm height x 21.5cm width x 21.5cm depth (including base) (ARR) Please refer to department for condition report
Roseberys
Oct. 20, 2020
Rowan Gillespie (b.1953) Seated Figure (1974) Cast aluminium, 12.7 x 9.5 x 5cm (5 x 3¾ x 2'') Signed, numbered 9/9 and dated (19)'74 Provenance: With Jorgensen Fine Art, Dublin, acquired April 2017.
Est: €2,000 - €3,000
Rowan Gillespie (b.1953) Seated Figure (1974) Cast aluminium, 12.7 x 9.5 x 5cm (5 x 3¾ x 2'') Signed, numbered 9/9 and dated (19)'74 Provenance: With Jorgensen Fine Art, Dublin, acquired April 2017.
Adam's
Oct. 14, 2020
Rowan Gillespie (1953)
Est: €1,500 - €2,000
, ,Rowan Gillespie (1953), The Guardian (Evolution to Birdy), signed, dated and numbered '3/9 GILLESPIE 1992' (on the left leg of the figure), bronze with brown patina on a granite plinth, H 170 cm, Provenance: Acquired from Galerie Hüsstege, Den Bosch, by the present owner.
Venduehuis der Notarissen
Sep. 16, 2020
Rowan Gillespie (Irish, born 1953) Galatea 74.5 cm. (29 1/4 in.) high (Conceived and cast in 1982)
Est: £8,000 - £12,000
Rowan Gillespie (Irish, born 1953) Galatea signed, numbered and dated 'ROWAN 2/9 1982' (on the base) bronze with a golden patina 74.5 cm. (29 1/4 in.) high Conceived and cast in 1982 For further information on this lot please visit the Bonhams website
Bonhams
Jul. 01, 2020
Rowan Gillespie (Irish, born 1953) Galatea 74.5 cm. (29 1/4 in.) high (Conceived and cast in 1982)
Est: £12,000 - £18,000
Rowan Gillespie (Irish, born 1953) Galatea signed, numbered and dated 'ROWAN 2/9 1982' (on the base) bronze with a golden patina 74.5 cm. (29 1/4 in.) high Conceived and cast in 1982 For further information on this lot please visit the Bonhams website
Bonhams
Jun. 06, 2020
ROWAN GILLESPIE
Est: €15,000 - €30,000
ROWAN GILLESPIE 1953 Blackrock (Irland) 'SOLON'S LAW' (1996) Bronze, braun patiniert, Kilkenny Limestone (Irisch Blau Kalkstein). 185 x 120 cm. Ursprünglich aus einer Auflage von 5 Exemplaren, wovon jedoch nur zwei realisiert wurden. Neben dieser Skulptur existiert eine weitere in einem irischen Garten. Der in Dublin geborene Bildplastiker Rowan Gillespie studierte ab 1969 zunächst an der York School of Art sowie später an dem Kingston College of Art in London. Anfang der 1970er Jahre ging Gillespie nach Oslo, wo er sein Studium an der Statens Kunstskole weiterführte und für drei Jahre am Munch-Museum arbeitete. 1977 kehrte der Künstler in seine Heimatstadt zurück. Seitdem kreiert er zunehmend Werke für den öffentlichen Raum, so auch 'Solon's Law' aus dem Jahr 1996. Dargestellt wird hier ein Thema der griechischen Philosophie: Die Reformen des Staatsmannes und Gesetzgebers Solon ebneten der Demokratie in Athen ihren Weg. Er glaubte, dass dabei zur Schaffung einer harmonischen, ausgewogenen Gesellschaft drei Säulen notwendig seien, welche Gillespie in seiner Skulptur wiederum eindrucksvoll demonstriert: Die erste Säule repräsentiert das Volk, die zweite Säule stellt eine ausgleichende Kraft dar und die dritte Säule steht für eine autoritäre Gewalt, welche für die Gesetzesschaffung zuständig ist. Literatur: Aufgeführt und abgebildet in: Roger Kohn: Rowan Gillespie. Looking for Orion (2007), S. 80f. Provenienz: 1996 niederländische Amtssammlung (Politie Brabant-Noord Holland), danach niederländische Firmensammlung.
Hargesheimer Kunstauktionen Düsseldorf
Sep. 25, 2019
Rowan Gillespie (b.1953)Peace IIBronze, 78cm high (30¾'')Signed, inscribed and dated 1999 underneath the baseFemale figures are quite prominent in Gillespies work, with his depiction of the body often acting as a celebration of female liberty an
Est: €15,000 - €20,000
Rowan Gillespie (b.1953)Peace IIBronze, 78cm high (30¾'')Signed, inscribed and dated 1999 underneath the baseFemale figures are quite prominent in Gillespies work, with his depiction of the body often acting as a celebration of female liberty and the vitality of life. They are not treated in the same way as a classical sculpture in which the female form was often depicted as an object of beauty. Instead Gillespie strives to create thoughtful expressions of the free-spirited and independent nature of modern women. Freedom is a constant thread in Gillespies work, something his sculptures seem to always be striving towards, whether they are scaling the side of a building, Aspiration (1995) or perched on a window ledge, Birdy (1997). His figures seem to affect an act of defiance in the face of gravity. While Gillespies sculptures are often struggling under the weight, literal and metaphorical, of the base, elemental forces of life there is also a lightness, a joy found within his depictions of the human form. There is a visual link between the outstretched arms in Peace II and the Blackrock Dolmen (1987), although on this occasion the figures are not supporting the heavy weight of the stone. Instead with their arms outstretched, reaching upwards towards an imaginary light, one is reminded of his respective large-scale public commissions in Italy and Dublin, LEta della donna (2009) and The Age of Freedom (1992). On both occasions the figures stand, similar to the present work, naked, offering some form of thanksgiving to the sun. The two figures in Peace II, seem to grow upwards from the same source, their bodies intertwined with one another. It is an expression of gratitude, a gesture of sublimation and hope. While he is known for his emotionally arresting Famine memorial, here there is a delicacy to the treatment of the material which seems to hark back to his earlier investigations into the human form. The finish of the bronze in this work is the antithesis of the cracking, raw patinas of his Famine figures. However, once again he has created a visual as well as physical connection to the raised arms of his Jubilant Man (2007) sculpture in Irelands Park, Toronto, who upon safe arrival in Canada is utterly overcome with emotion.Niamh Corcoran, September 2019
Adam's
May. 27, 2019
Rowan Gillespie (b.1953) SOLITUDE, 1985
Est: €1,500 - €2,500
signed, titled, dated and numbered on underside of base
Whyte's
May. 27, 2019
Rowan Gillespie (b.1953) DANCERS, 1995
Est: €2,000 - €3,000
signed, numbered and dated on base
Whyte's
May. 27, 2019
Rowan Gillespie (b.1953) UNTITLED, 1983
Est: €2,500 - €3,500
signed, dated and number on reverse at base
Whyte's
Apr. 29, 2019
Rowan Gillespie (b.1953) The Banjo Player (1998)
Est: €1,750 - €2,500
Rowan Gillespie (b.1953) The Banjo Player (1998) bronze - number 3 from an edition of 9 signed, dated 1998 and numbered 3/9 h:17.50 w:13.50 d:9 cm. Provenance: Private Collection
Morgan O'Driscoll

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