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Táin Tapestries, 1969-99
The tapestries are directly inspired by the artist's original lithographic brush drawings which were made in 1968-69 by Louis le Brocquy 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.
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.
Louis le Brocquy. 1999A fully illustrated catalogue was published on the occasion of the exhibition Louis le Brocquy, Aubusson Tapestries, TAYLOR GALLERIES, DUBLIN (November 9 - 9 December 2000). A further catalogue was published on the occasion of the exhibition Louis le Brocquy, Aubusson Tapestries, AGNEW'S CONTEMPORARY, LONDON, (May - June 2001)
All tapestries measure 184 X 129 cm (Vertically or horizontally) with the exception of: THE MASSING OF THE ARRMIES: 184 X 280 CM. Woven in Aubusson, France, by the expert Lissiers of the Atelier René Duché, Meilleur ouvrier de France. Limited editions of nine, with one added artist's proof & one editionhors commerce.
