Lot 98: Laurent Mellet (b.1968) A GUN OF THE 1916 RISING -

Laurent Mellet (b.1968) A GUN OF THE 1916 RISING - PADRAIG PEARSE, 2006 initialled on the underside cast bronze on a wooden basev17 cm., 6.5 in. high dast from the original Belgian Browning pattern hand-gun belonging to Padraig Pearse and used by him in the 1916 Rising, now in the collection of the National Museum of Ireland. Limited edition of nine, of which only six were ever cast. born in Co. Tipperary and resident in Co. Wicklow, Laurent Mellet graduated from NCAD in 1992 and has since worked in New York, San Francisco, Paris and Dublin, on both sculptural commissions and as an art director on numerous film and television projects. Commissions include a set of five sculptures for ABN AMRO Bank's offices in the International Services Centre, Dublin, an 'art mobile' for Saatchi & Saatchi's offices, London, and a large pig sculpture, created to raise money for the Kosovo Fund and now on permanent display at Dublin Airport. He exhibits annually at the RHA and was awarded the Solomon Gallery prize for scul ture in 2003.