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Barrie Cooke
SLOWER DANCE, FOREST FLOOR, 1976
Lot 43
Price Realised:
€3,200
Estimate:
€3,000 - €5,000
Barrie Cooke HRHA, 1931-2014
SLOWER DANCE, FOREST FLOOR, 1976
Mixed media, oil on board (43" x 20"/ 110 x 50.5cm) and bone box (5" x 20" x 7 1/2" / 12.5 x 50.5 x 19cm), signed and dated 1976 verso.
Provenance: Collection ...
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Lot 43
Barrie Cooke
SLOWER DANCE, FOREST FLOOR, 1976
Lot 43
Barrie Cooke
SLOWER DANCE, FOREST FLOOR, 1976
Estimate:
€3,000 - €5,000
Barrie Cooke HRHA, 1931-2014
SLOWER DANCE, FOREST FLOOR, 1976
Mixed media, oil on board (43" x 20"/ 110 x 50.5cm) and bone box (5" x 20" x 7 1/2" / 12.5 x 50.5 x 19cm), signed and dated 1976 verso.
Provenance: Collection of Paul and Catherine Daly; Adams, Important Irish Art, 1st Oct 2008; Private Collection.
Exhibited: David Hendriks Gallery, Dublin April-May 1976, Cat. No. 4.
'Slow Dance Forest Floor' is one of a body of works Cooke made using boxes that often incorporated mysterious organic-looking material and found objects - such as bones, vegetation and sand. In this work, a perspex box projects from a semi-abstract oil painting depicting the rain forest. The combination of the painting and the box creates a number of dualities - present and past, organic and synthetic, fertile and uncontrolled versus the clinical, rational construction of the box. A dialogue is established between an artistic understanding of nature and the scientific one suggested by the species in the box. At another level, as in much of his work, Cooke here draws attention to the vulnerability of the earth's ecosystems.
(Ref. IMMA)
SLOWER DANCE, FOREST FLOOR, 1976
Mixed media, oil on board (43" x 20"/ 110 x 50.5cm) and bone box (5" x 20" x 7 1/2" / 12.5 x 50.5 x 19cm), signed and dated 1976 verso.
Provenance: Collection of Paul and Catherine Daly; Adams, Important Irish Art, 1st Oct 2008; Private Collection.
Exhibited: David Hendriks Gallery, Dublin April-May 1976, Cat. No. 4.
'Slow Dance Forest Floor' is one of a body of works Cooke made using boxes that often incorporated mysterious organic-looking material and found objects - such as bones, vegetation and sand. In this work, a perspex box projects from a semi-abstract oil painting depicting the rain forest. The combination of the painting and the box creates a number of dualities - present and past, organic and synthetic, fertile and uncontrolled versus the clinical, rational construction of the box. A dialogue is established between an artistic understanding of nature and the scientific one suggested by the species in the box. At another level, as in much of his work, Cooke here draws attention to the vulnerability of the earth's ecosystems.
(Ref. IMMA)
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PLEASE BID EARLY TO AVOID DISAPPOINTMENT.
In order to allow rival bidders the opportunity to respond to a late bid the following extensions will apply:
IF A BID IS RECEIVED WITHIN THE FINAL 45 SECONDS OF THE COUNTDOWN THE CLOCK WILL RESET TO 60 SECONDS.
At any point you can leave a maximum bid, representing the highest price you are prepared to pay for a particular lot. Bidding only advances when there is competition from a rival bidder. In that case the system bids on your behalf, only up to the maximum if required. All bids are relayed to you be email, along with notification if you have been outbid.
All maximum bids are confidential and not disclosed. The system will endeavor to purchase the lot for you for the least price. Bids are subject to buyer’s premium of 25% (incl vat), with no additional charges.
In the event of a tied bid, the preference will be given to the bid submitted first. The second bidder will receive immediate notification of being outbid.
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