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Rowan Gillespie B.1953 WHEN HOPE AND HISTORY RHYME signed and dated 2015 bronze height: 347.5cm., 137in. Executed in 2015, the present work is unique.

We are absolutely delighted for our artist ROWAN GILLESPIE whose sculpture 'WHEN HOPE AND HISTORY RHYME' just fetched GBP161,000 (€200k) at today's Sotheby's Irish Sale in London! This is the highest price ever paid at auction for an Irish sculpture, and being a contemporary sculptor, is all the more impressive! 

For more images of Rowan’s work please see HERE

SOTHEBY’S CATALOGUE NOTE READS:

This sculpture is the artist's personal tribute to Seamus Heaney and was inspired by the poet's words which are engraved on the plinth:

History says, Don't hope On this side of the grave, But then, once in a lifetime The longed-for tidal wave Of justice can rise up, And hope and history rhyme.

From 'The Cure at Troy' by Seamus Heaney

The artist would like to thank Marie Heaney and the Heaney family for kindly allowing the use of the quotation and to use "When Hope and History Rhyme" as the title of the present piece.