Lot 35 Rowan Gillespie

Rowan Gillespie b.1953 THE COUPLE Polished Aluminium, 31'' (78.6 cm) high, signed and dated 1976, unique This unique sculpture was made in 1974. It was the very first sculpture Rowan ever sold in Ireland. It shows his wife Hanne pregnant with their first child Alexander. Rowan explains that '' It was a big cast for me at the time and i remember being delighted how well it came out. It shows us as gentle, loving but also fearful about our future, how we would cope with that new life we were about to bring into the world even although we had no money''