Robert Ballagh
Roderic Knowles has written of the artist: "[Ballagh is] recognised for his imaginative and hyperealistic renderings of well known literary, historical or establishment figures
He represented Ireland at the Paris Biennale 1969 and soon became one of Ireland's most reputed painters. In the evolution of his art, in moving from abstraction to figuration, 'he introduced the figure first as a silhouette or 'cut-out', then as a painted figure (as in his pastiches of Goya, Delacroix, Poussin or Ingres) heavily outlined', Cyril Barrett writes
Other features of his work should be noted: his social commitment, which shows itself in his humour and wit, parody and pastiche and social comment, and his quite shameless literary and artistic allusions" (Roderic Knowles, Contemporary Irish Art: A Documentation, Wolfhound Press, Dublin, 1982, p.216).
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'LILY POOL, HOTHOUSE, BOTANIC GARDENS, 1987'
- Price Realised: 280
- Sale: 30 May 2011
- serigraph (no. 8 from an edition of 300)
- 34 by 32cm., 13.2 5 by 12.5in.
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'VIEW FROM THE RUBRICS, TRINITY COLLEGE, DUBLIN, 1983'
- Price Realised: 270
- Sale: 28 March 2022
- screenprint in colours; (no. 46 from an edition of 300)
- 24 x 10Ύin. (60.96 x 27.31cm)
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'SILICON SUITE II, THE GLOBAL EMBRACE, 1986'
- Price Realised: 260
- Sale: 13 December 2010
- silkscreen and etching on copper plate (no. 44 from an edition of 286)
- 61 by 97cm., 24 by 38in.
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'SILICON SUITE III, THE AMBIDEXTROUS PARADIGM, 1986'
- Price Realised: 260
- Sale: 13 December 2010
- silkscreen and etching on copper plate (no. 44 from an edition of 286)
- 61 by 97cm., 24 by 38in.
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'TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN, VIEW OF THE EXAMINATION HALL, 1982'
- Price Realised: 250
- Sale: 06 December 2008
- lithograph (no. 117 from an edition of 300)
- 89 by 63cm., 35 by 24.7 5in.
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'SERIES 4, 1969'
- Price Realised: 210
- Sale: 26 February 2018
- print; (no. 20 from an edition of 60)
- 11Ύ x 11Ύin. (29.85 x 29.85cm)
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'MY STUDIO [EXHIBITION INVITE]'
- Price Realised: 200
- Sale: 13 December 2023
- print; (no. 71 from an edition of 78)
- 17½ x 8½in. (44.45 x 21.59cm)
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'SELF PORTRAIT, 1969'
- Price Realised: 190
- Sale: 26 February 2018
- print; (no. 17 from an edition of 50)
- 13½ x 9Ύin. (34.29 x 24.77cm)
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'TSENHEIM [TODAY THEY ARE NAILING THIS TERRORIST]'
- Price Realised: 190
- Sale: 10 December 2016
- lithograph
- 10Ό x 13in. (26.04 x 33.02cm)
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'ISENHEIM, 2009'
- Price Realised: 180
- Sale: 01 March 2021
- print; (no. 1 from an edition of 25)
- 8½ x 12Όin. (21.59 x 31.12cm)
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'GAZA, 2009'
- Price Realised: 180
- Sale: 14 December 2020
- print; (no. 93 from an edition of 300)
- 14Ό x 10in. (36.20 x 25.40cm)
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'FREE CHURCH CONSECRATED, IV MAY [1828] 1990'
- Price Realised: 180
- Sale: 23 October 2017
- print; (no. 34 from an edition of 300)
- 25 x 19Όin. (63½ x 48.90cm)