All tapestries measure 184 X 129 cm (Vertically or horizontally) with the exception of THE MASSING OF THE ARRMIES, 184 X 280 CM.
Woven by the Atelier René Duché, Meilleur ouvrier de France, Aubusson, France.
Limited edition of nine with two added artist's proofs.A full set can be viewed at the Irish Museum of Modern Art (edition 6/9, collection IMMA). NEWS
The Táin tapestriesThe designs are directly based on the artist's original lithographic brush drawings produced in 1968-69 to illustrate Thomas Kinsella's inspired translation of the Tain Bo Cuailnge, the dramatic record of Ireland's proto-historic past and the centre-piece of the eighth century Ulster cycle of heroic tales. Commenting on these works the artist says: 'I hope that these images from Tain Bo Cuailnge, transmuted into the woven forms of tapestry, may be seen as a tribute to the poet Thomas Kinsella who inspired them and to the devoted publisher and designer Liam Miller who gave them their original coherence.'
A catalogue was published on the occasion of the exhibition Louis le Brocquy, Aubusson Tapestries, TAYLOR GALLERIES, DUBLIN (November 9 - 9 December 2000).
A catalogue was also published on the occasion of the exhibition Louis le Brocquy, Aubusson Tapestries, AGNEW'S CONTEMPORARY, LONDON (May - June 2001).
