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Joyce, the Pluralist
two paintings in a series celebrating James Joyce
by Roger Cummiskey
copyright 1999 Roger Cummiskey, All Rights Reserved
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James Joyce, the Pluralist by Roger Cummiskey, copyright 1999 Roger Cummiskey, All Rights Reserved

Joyce - the Pluralist - ("Lend Us 5 Shillings?")
by Roger Cummiskey
copyright 1999 Roger Cummiskey, All Rights Reserved

This is a watercolour painting, in the style popularised by Andy Warhol, taken from a photograph of  Joyce, aged 22, in 1904, in C P Curran's garden.

Asked what he was thinking when C P Curran photographed him, Joyce replied, "I was wondering would he would lend me five shillings".

This original painting is based on that photograph.
22 x 30 inches

 

James Joyce, the Pluralist by Roger Cummiskey, copyright 1999 Roger Cummiskey, All Rights Reserved

 

Joyce - the Pluralist - (Paris)
by Roger Cummiskey

copyright 1999 Roger Cummiskey, All Rights Reserved

This is a watercolour painting, in the style popularised by Andy Warhol, taken from a photograph of James Joyce (1882-1941) in Paris in 1920 at the door of the famous bookshop, Shakespeare and Co. owned by Joyce's friend, the American, Sylvia Beach.  She was a patron and first publisher of  Ulysses.  At this time, while constantly short of funds, he had started to dress in a dandified fashion.

This original painting is based on that photograph.
22 x 30 inches

  


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