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We are very grateful to Denise Ferran for her assistance with the cataloguing of this lot.
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Women of Belfast 2 (Women in Crossfire II)
Details
FREDERICK EDWARD MCWILLIAM, A.R.A. (1909-1992)
Women of Belfast 2 (Women in Crossfire II)
signed with initials and numbered 'McW 4⁄5' (on the base)
bronze with a brown patina
29 in. (73.66 cm.) wide
Conceived in 1972 and cast by Art Bronze Foundry.
Women of Belfast 2 (Women in Crossfire II)
signed with initials and numbered 'McW 4⁄5' (on the base)
bronze with a brown patina
29 in. (73.66 cm.) wide
Conceived in 1972 and cast by Art Bronze Foundry.
Provenance
with Mayor Gallery, London, where acquired for the present collection at the 2006 exhibition.
Literature
D. Ferran and V. Holmen, The Sculpture of F.E. McWilliam, Farhham, 2012, no. 378, p. 155, another cast illustrated.
Exhibited
London, Waddington Galleries, F.E. McWilliam: Sculpture 1972⁄3 Women of Belfast, October - November 1973, exhibition not numbered, illustrated, another cast exhibited.
Belfast, McClelland Galleries International, Women of Belfast: New Bronzes by F.E. McWilliam 1972⁄3, November 1973, no. 2, illustrated, another cast exhibited.
Belfast, Ulster Museum, F.E. McWilliam Retrospective, April - May 1981, p. 70, no. 101, another cast illustrated: this exhibition travelled to Dublin, Douglas Hyde Gallery, May - June 1981; Cork, Crawford Gallery, July - August 1981; and Derry, Orchard Gallery, September - October 1981.
London, Mayor Gallery, F.E. McWilliam, May - June 2006, catalogue not traced.
Banbridge, F.E. McWilliam Gallery, F.E. McWilliam at Banbridge, September 2008 - February 2009, p.99, ex. cat., another cast illustrated: this exhibition travelled to Drogheda, Highlanes Gallery, March - April 2009.
Dublin, Irish Museum of Modern Art, Championing Irish Art: The Mary and Alan Hobart Collection, April - July 2023, pp. 78-79, exhibition not numbered.
Belfast, McClelland Galleries International, Women of Belfast: New Bronzes by F.E. McWilliam 1972⁄3, November 1973, no. 2, illustrated, another cast exhibited.
Belfast, Ulster Museum, F.E. McWilliam Retrospective, April - May 1981, p. 70, no. 101, another cast illustrated: this exhibition travelled to Dublin, Douglas Hyde Gallery, May - June 1981; Cork, Crawford Gallery, July - August 1981; and Derry, Orchard Gallery, September - October 1981.
London, Mayor Gallery, F.E. McWilliam, May - June 2006, catalogue not traced.
Banbridge, F.E. McWilliam Gallery, F.E. McWilliam at Banbridge, September 2008 - February 2009, p.99, ex. cat., another cast illustrated: this exhibition travelled to Drogheda, Highlanes Gallery, March - April 2009.
Dublin, Irish Museum of Modern Art, Championing Irish Art: The Mary and Alan Hobart Collection, April - July 2023, pp. 78-79, exhibition not numbered.
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