John Minihan b.1946

Estimate

1,500 - 2,000 GBP

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Description

John Minihan
Doyle's Bar, Woodstock Street, Athy, Co. Kildare
signed, titled and dated 1963 on the mount
silver gelatin print
plate: 23 by 35cm.; 9 by 13¾in.

Literature

James Joyce, Dubliners, Penguin Modern Classics, new ed. 2000, illustrated on the cover.

Catalogue Note

'If I have ever said something in photography it is through my photographs of my hometown - Athy in Co. Kildare'
(Minihan in the introduction, Bacon Beckett Burroughs, exh.cat., The October Gallery, London, 1989, p.5)

Executed in 1963, the present work is number 1 from an edition of 6.
Minihan has been photographing the people and landscapes of Athy for forty years and his characteristically vivid images have been the subject of numerous publications and exhibitions around the world. He was given the freedom of Athy in 1990.