Lot 171: Graphic Design Studio THE HOLY SHOW, 2002 each

Graphic Design Studio THE HOLY SHOW, 2002 each work signed and numbered from an edition of 39 in a specially made Solander box thirty-nine etchings in a specially made Solander box 'Holy Show' was the result of a collaboration between the Graphic Print Studio and the Chester Beatty Library. Thirty-nine artists were asked to respond to a subject from the Christian Old Testament or Hebrew Bible, drawing on the holdings of the Chester Beatty. Artists who participated were: Sophie Aghajanian, James Allen, Jean Barton, Carmel Benson, Cecily Brennan, Michael Cullen, Diarmuid Delargy, David DuBose, Felim Egan, Mary Fitzgerald, Andrew Folan, Martin Gale, Joy Gerrard, John Graham, Terence Gravett, James Hanley, Dermot Healy, John Kindness, Jennifer Lane, Stephen Lawlor, Catherine Lynch, Anthony Lyttle, Brian Maguire, Alice Maher, Colin Martin, James McCreary, Niall Naessens, Lars Nyberg, Ruth O'Donnell, Hughie O'Donoghue, Geraldine O'Reilly, Siobhan Piercy, Patrick Pye, Marc Reilly, Robert Russell, Patrick Scott, Vincent Sheridan, Maria Simonds-Gooding, Tracy Staunton and Stephen Vaughan.

'Holy Show: Irish Artists and the Old Testament', Chester Beatty Library, Dublin, 2002; exhibition toured to the following venues: Gallerie Astley, Skinnskatteberg, Sweden, 19 January to 23 February 2003; Hunt Museum, Limerick, 6 February to 9 March 2003; Fermanagh County Museum, Enniskillen, 3 April to 25 May 2003; Monaghan County Museum, Monaghan 3 June to 30 June 2003; Institute of Education and Celtic, Dingle, Co. Kerry, 8 July to 10 August 2003; County Museum, Dundalk, October to November 2003