Details
Frederick Edward McWilliam (1909-1992)
Magritte's Mermaid
signed with initials and numbered 'McW. 1/5.' (on the underside of the right leg)
bronze with a black patina
16½ in. (42 cm.) long
Conceived in 1977-8.
Literature
Exhibition catalogue, F.E. McWilliam Sculpture 1932-1989, Belfast, Arts Council of Northern Ireland and An Chomhairle Ealaion, 1981, pp. 84, 108, no. 130, another cast illustrated.
M. Gooding, exhibition catalogue, F.E. McWilliam, Sculpture 1932-1989, London, Tate Gallery, 1989, no. 58, another cast illustrated, pp. 32, 62.
Exhibited
Belfast, Ulster Museum, Arts Council of Northern Ireland and An Chomhairle Ealaion, F.E. McWilliam Sculpture 1932-1989, April - May 1981, no. 130, another cast exhibited: this exhibition travelled to Dublin, Douglas Hyde Gallery, May - June 1981; Cork, Crawford Municipal Gallery, July - August 1981.
London, Tate Gallery, F.E. McWilliam, May - July 1989, no. 58, another cast exhibited.
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