Miss O'Murphy d'apres Boucher

Micheal Farrell , Irish, 1940-2000

Title

Date1978

MediumLithograph on paper

Dimensions

55 x 76 cm

Signedlower right: Michael Farrell '78

Credit LinePurchased, 2015

Object numberNGI.2015.11

DescriptionThis print forms part of Michael Farrell's acerbic commentary on the political situation in Northern Ireland in the 1970s. In 1969, while making his acceptance speech for the main award at the 'Irish Exhibition of Living Art' at the Crawford Art Gallery, Farrell condemned the situation in Derry and in particular British policy in Northern Ireland. Throughout the 1970s and into the 1980s Farrell's work in all media addressed the bloody, intractable nature of contemporary Ireland. His 'Madonna Irlanda' series (of which this is a part) drew attention to, and condemned, what he saw as the complacency of the Irish political establishment. He intended these works to be controversial and mildly blasphemous.
Inscriptionlower centre: XV/ XV
lower right: Miss O'Murphy d'apres Boucher / the First Real Irish Political Series / And the tiem of Swift / Michael Farrell '78
ProvenancePurchased, Taylor Galleries, Dublin, 2015Exhibition HistorySolstice Arts Centre, Navan, Co. Meath, 22 August - 19 October 2013

Crawford Gallery, Cork, 7 November 2013 - 4 January 2014

RHA, Dublin, 16 January - 23 February 2014

Centre Cultural Irlandais, Paris, 13 March - 27 April 2014