Louis le Brocquy HRHA (1916-2012) THE TÁIN COLLECTION Aubusson tapestry; Atelier René Duché (each no. 4 from an edition of 9) signed with initials in the weave on reverse by maître-lissier, René Duché and numbered lower right; with certificate of authenticity sewn on reverse, signed, numbered, titled and dated by le Brocquy and Duché 72.50 by 110in. (184.15 by 279.40cm) Provenance: Agnew`s, London; Where purchased by the current owner Exhibited: `Louis le Brocquy Aubusson Tapestries`, Agnew`s, London, 3-29 May 2001, The Táin Tapestries Louis le Brocquy was living in France with his young family when he received a life-changing invitation, in December 1966. Publisher Liam Miller wanted him to collaborate with Thomas Kinsella on a new translation of Ireland`s oldest saga. Le Brocquy penned an enthusiastic affirmative that Christmas Eve and spent much of the next three years visualising An Táin Bó Cúailgne. In September 1969, Dolmen Press published it as The Táin. The Táin was born of some eighty stories about the Ulaidh, a prehistoric people who lived in the north and north-western regions of what is now called Ireland. Part epic, part soap opera, the tales were vivid, vicious, inconsistent and often rather rude. Oral versions survived for long enough to be collected by scribes, whose fragmentary manuscripts are now in Trinity College and the Royal Irish Academy. Translators and writers such as Lady Gregory and W.B. Yeats had retold some of the Cúchulainn tales - and Joyce`s Finnegans Wake drew on its meandering style - but Thomas Kinsella`s Táin was the first widely-accessible version, especially when Oxford University Press` 1970 paperback followed the de luxe and limited editions produced by Dolmen Press. The Táin marked a unique cultural moment, for Ireland and the world. The State had just celebrated the 50th anniversary of the 1916 Rising and was driving ahead with Seán Lemass` Second Programme for Economic Expansion. By 1969 when it was published, Northern Ireland was in conflict, and global events such as the Prague Spring, the assassinations of Martin Luther King and Robert Kennedy, as well as wars in Vietnam, Angola and elsewhere, underlined its themes of invasion and carnage. Meanwhile, The Beatles sang "All You Need is Love." Its impact was instant. Although characters like Cúchulainn and Ferdia, Medb and Aillil, were local, the collaborators translated them into a crisply contemporaneous style that resonated through the cultural hierarchy. It engaged lovers of art, language, music and Celtic studies, as well as popular culture. The Táin became an Irish Iliad, with Cúchulainn as a Superhero reincarnating to a new age of rock, cartoons and animation. The images le Brocquy called `shadows thrown by the text` became so iconic that it is almost impossible now to imagine The Táin differently. Yet no one had visualised the full saga previously and no artist from Ireland had engaged so thoroughly with pieces of writing in so collaborative a way. Le Brocquy made hundreds of drawings, many of which appear in the de luxe and limited editions, with a handful printed in the paperback and a precious twenty in these tapestries. Communication was difficult in those pre-digital days because he was in France and Miller was in Dublin, so that many key design decisions relied on sending letters through the post. Le Brocquy`s innovative, daring approach cast the saga as a virtual alphabet composed of spontaneous, inky letters. This shows immediately in Army Massing, where marks cascade in rivulets that resemble both chain mail and hand-writing, and in the H-shaped Cúchulainn confronting Ferdia. Different ages and cultures whisper through the images - and through these twenty tapestries made during 1998-2000, when le Brocquy collaborated with maître-lissier René Duché, whose firm had recently been awarded the honour Meilleur Ouvrier de France. Cuchulainn`s Warp Spasm, for example, speaks both of calligraphic marks from Sun Tzu`s The Art of War and Yves Klein`s bodily-marked Anthropometries, as well as cave paintings traced by prehistoric peoples. The translation into tapestry, via le Brocquy`s Táin lithographs, crested on the momentum from oral to written traditions, from drama to poetry and from visual culture to music. Duché`s subtly-textured cottons and wools freed le Brocquy`s black-on-white marks into a textured, sensual material that illuminates the sense of a blot or stain without definite edges, which is what he wanted. Here, the statuesque shapes let le Brocquy grow the book`s relatively modest scale into a life-affirming series of interconnected images that speak to each other like letters in a phrase or sentence. They belong together. The tapestries were last seen at the Irish Museum of Modern Art in 2003, when they were acquired under the Heritage Tax Scheme. It is profoundly moving to see them together in these weeks after the artist`s passing on 25 April 2012. Le Brocquy`s hand reaches out through them. Medb Ruane April 2012 (£202,510-£243,010 approx)
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"*Collection of LP`s including The Beatles Rubber Soul x2, Sgt Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band x2, A Hard Days Night, Beatles For Sale, Abbey Road, John Lennon, Walls and Bridges, Rolling Stones, Goats Head Soup, Exile on Main Street, Some Girls, 12 x 5, Elvis Presley, King Creole, Velvet Underground Featuring Nico and a HMV classic collection limited edition box, David Bowie Hunky Dory, Pink Floyd, Neil Young, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Steely Dan, Bob Dylan, Cyndi Lauper signed album, Led Zeppelin and others (40+) (Lot subject to VAT) "
"Collection of LP`s from The Beatles including The White Album PCS 7067, Yellow Submarine PCS 7070, Meet the Beatles T-2047, Rubber Soul PMC 1267, Yesterday and Today T-2553, with The Beatles PMC 1206 (x2), Sgt Peppers Lonely Hearts Club band (2) PCS 7027, Beatles For Sale (3) PCSM 3062 1967-1970 PCS 7181, Let it Be PCS 7096, Ringo Starr, Sentimental Journey PCS 7101, The Concert for Bangladesh STC x 3385"
Ward, Michael "A Day in the Life, Photographs of the Beatles", Genesis Publications Ltd., signed limited editions since 1974, this portfolio edition limited to 750 signed and numbered copies, this being 512, signed by Michael Ward (15th January 1929 - 17th April 2011), this set comprises twenty-four lithographs ( photographs) measuring 12.5" x 17", and a sixty-four page signed and numbered book, bound in dark blue raw silk with clamshell box, gilt titles and decorations
`The Beatles` double LP number 0010592, this rare low numbered album, most commonly known by collectors as `The White Album`, is an original 1968 first pressing in mono and it comes complete with its top-opening, embossed and stamped G&L Gatefold sleeve, black inners, lyric poster, four colour prints and Apple label (PMC 7067/8) with `Sold In The UK` label text (very good condition) (illustrated)
A collection of approx sixty four vinyl records by The Beatles, consisting of six EP`s to include `Long Tall Sally`, approx twenty seven singles (many lacking sleeves), `The Beatles Sixth Christmas Record` and `Christmas Time Is Here Again`, fan club flexi-discs and a quantity of LP`s comprising French, USA, Dutch, New Zealand and Greek, first, second, and forth pressing and re-pressings to include a forth press of `Please Please Me` in mono, a second press of `With The Beatles` and `Rubber Soul` both in mono, three original first pressings in stereo comprising of `Help`, `A Collection Of Beatles Oldies` (both in very good condition) and `The Beatles` double LP number 0379712 (poor condition), a 1969 re-pressing of `Rubber Soul`, a New Zealand first press (turquoise label) of `With The Beatles` (very good condition), a Greek press of `Rubber Soul`, a USA press of `Help` on Capitol label, `1962-1966` double LP red vinyl issue `Beatles First With Tony Sheridan` etc (overall good condition) (illustrated)
Seven original studio albums by The Beatles, all of which are first pressings in mono, albums include `Help`, `Revolver`, `Beatles For Sale` and `A Hard Days Night` (in very good condition), `Sgt Peppers Lonely Heart Club Band` laminated Gatefold with red/white inner and cut-out insert (very good condition), `Yellow Submarine` (fair to good condition) and `The Beatles` (white album) double LP number 0132005 which comes complete with its top-opening G&L Gatefold sleeve, black inners, lyric poster, four colour prints and Apple label with `Sold In The UK` label text (very good condition) (illustrated)
A collection of approx thirty eight vinyl records by The Beatles, John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band, Paul McCartney/Wings, Ringo Starr and George Harrison, records include Ringo Starr`s `Sentimental Journey`, George Harrison`s `Dark Horse` Gatefold, `Living In The Material World` and `All The Things Must Pass` three LP box set, two copies of Paul McCartney`s `Red Rose Speedway` both Gatefold one with stapled inner booklet and `Band On The Run` with poster and lyric inner, `John Lennon:Plastic Ono Band`, `Live Peace In Toronto 1969` (as plastic ono band), John Lennon`s `Imagine` with poster and postcard, `Happy Xmas/War Is Over` green vinyl with picture sleeve, a 1973 re-pressing of `The Beatles` (white album) double LP (near excellent condition) etc (overall condition very good, unless otherwise stated)
One box containing approx three hundred plus 7inch vinyl records, various artists and years, records include a first pressing of `Please Please Me` by The Beatles on Red Parlophone label (45-R 4983) (poor condition), Spotnicks `Orange Blossom Special` Oriole label, Tremeloes `Silence Is Golden`, and a quantity by Elvis Presley on Orange RCA labels and original Black RCA labels etc (conditions vary, majority very good, unless otherwise stated)
13 Corgi diecast vehicles: consists of The Beatles Collection (58003, 35006, 22301, 05606, 35302, 05401); 04440 Beatles Psychedelic Mini; 37003 Queen Mother`s Century State Landau Coach & Horses; D35/1 50th Anniversary Battle of Britain set; two WW2 military vehicles; two `Story of the Mini` models. Overall VG, boxed.
Nine vintages Beatles LP records: `A Hard Days Night` (Parlaphone PMC1230); `With the Beatles` (Parlophone 1206); `Please Please Me` (Parlophone PMC 1202); `Beatles for Sale` (Parlophone PMC 1240); `Help!` (Parlophone PMC 1255); `Rubber Soul` (Parlophone PMC 1267); Revolver (Parlophone PMC7009); `Yellow Submarine` (Parlophone PCS 7070); `Let it Be` (Parlophone PPCS 7096).
Beatles Interest - A school photograph of Quarry Bank High School for Boys, Calderstones dated May 1957, with John Lennon on the fifth row from the front, centre left, a Lancashire Evening Telegraph Top Stars Special featuring The Beatles, December 1963, and a Liverpool Echo publication `Around the World with The Beatles c1964, together with His Masters Voice Elvis Presley 78 rpm All Shook Up/That`s When The Heartaches Begin, in original plain brown paper sleeve. (4).
BEATLES THE: A small 12mo page removed from an autograph album individually signed by all four members of The Beatles, John Lennon (`John Lennon xxx`), Paul McCartney (`Paul McCartney xxx`, also adding Beatles in his hand above his signature), George Harrison (`George Harrison xxx`) and Ringo Starr (`Ringo Starr xxx`). Professionally matted in white above two further pages, originally removed from the same autograph album, individually signed by Helen Shapiro and Tommy Roe, and alongside a reproduction of a promotional flyer for The Beatles, featuring images of each of the Fab Four and with the printed title across the centre 1962 The Beatles Year of Achievement. Framed and glazed in a plain black frame to an overall size of 16 x 15. VG Provenance: The signatures were apparently removed from an autograph album containing various Rock `n` Roll signatures obtained in 1962-63. The Beatles signed the autograph album on 28th March 1963 when they appeared in concert at the ABC Cinema in Exeter, Devonshire. Helen Shapiro and Tommy Roe toured with The Beatles during 1963. Accompanied by two letters of authenticity, one signed by Frank Caiazzo and dated 28th July 2004.
BEATLES THE: An unusual set of four individual ink signatures by The Beatles, John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Jimmie Nicol (who adds an inscription, `To The Skipper, Jimmie Nicol`) to the verso of a colour picture postcard depicting a BOAC Rolls-Royce 707 Jetliner aircraft in flight. Each of the signatures are in bold blue inks. Scarce in this form. Some very light, extremely minor age wear to the edges and very slightly irregularly trimmed to the lower edge, about VG . . . . . . A scarce set of signatures dating from between the 4th-14th June 1964; on the 3rd June, the day before The Beatles left for a tour of Scandinavia, Holland, the Far East and Australia, drummer Ringo Starr collapsed with tonsillitis and was sent to hospital. The band`s manager, Brian Epstein, and record producer, George Martin, urgently discussed the possibilities of using a stand-in drummer rather than cancelling part of the tour. Martin suggested the shy 24 year-old session drummer Nicol whom he had become familiar with during recording sessions at EMI. Nicol`s first concert took place on the 4th June in Copenhagen, Denmark and he played with The Beatles for a total of eight shows until Ringo Starr returned to the group in Melbourne, Australia, on 14th June 1964. Despite his ten days of experiencing Beatlemania first hand, Nicol soon faded into obscurity and declared himself bankrupt the next year, eventually becoming a recluse.
BEATLES THE: An excellent set of signatures by each of the Fab Four individually, John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr, on a page contained in an autograph album. All have boldly signed their names alone, Lennon, McCartney and Harrison in the same dark fountain pen ink. The album also contains fourteen other signatures by various musicians and entertainers including Yoko Ono (`To Jill, Love, Yoko, NYC `86`), Billy J. Kramer, Harry Secombe, David Frost, Colin Welland, Kiki Dee etc. A couple of very light, extremely minor smudges to McCartney`s signature and a little age wear, otherwise about EX The ownership signature and address of the collector, in Southampton, appear at the beginning of the album which would indicate that the signatures of The Beatles may have been obtained when the band appeared in The Beatles Show at the Gaumont Theatre in Southampton on 6th November 1964.
HARRISON GEORGE: (1943-2001) English Guitarist, a member of The Beatles. Blue ink signature (`George Harrison`) on the printed verso of a picture postcard issued by the Boeing Airplane Company. Neatly annotated in red ink by a collector beneath the signature. Neatly trimmed to the right edge and laid down to a page removed from an autograph album. Some slight surface creasing and very light, minor age wear, only just affecting part of the signature, G
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