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Barrie Cooke, 1931–2014, Seamus Heaney, 1939–2013

In the Boathouse2009

In the Boathouse is a 2009 work by Barrie Cooke and Seamus Heaney. It is part of the IMMA Permanent Collection.

Medium	Colour intaglio, handprinted on Moulin de Gue paper, Hors Commerce
Dimensions	76.5 x 58 cm
Credit Line	IMMA Collection: IMMA Editions, Donated by the artist, 2009
Edition	Edition of 40; A/P
Item Number	IMMA.2857
Copyright	For copyright information, please contact the IMMA Collections team: [email protected].
Tags	Installation 2009 Barrie Cooke Seamus Heaney

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Barrie Cooke, Seamus Heaney, In the Boathouse, 2009, Colour intaglio, handprinted on Moulin de Gue paper, Hors Commerce, 76.5 x 58 cm, Collection Irish Museum of Modern Art, IMMA Editions, Donated by the artist, 2009

About the Artist

Barrie Cooke

Barrie Cooke 1931–2014

Born in Cheshire, Barrie Cooke studied Art History at Harvard University and moved to Ireland in 1954. He held his first solo exhibition in Dublin the following year. Cooke has exhibited widely throughout Europe, the US and Canada. Major retrospectives of his work were held at the Douglas Hyde Gallery, Dublin in 1986 and at the RHA in 1995. Cooke exhibited at IMMA in 2008. His work is represented in public and private collections worldwide.

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Seamus Heaney

Seamus Heaney 1939–2013

Northern Irish poet Seamus Heaney studied at Queen's University, Belfast. His major poetry collections include Death of a Naturalist (1966), The Haw Lantern (1987) and The Spirit Level (1996). He also published works of prose, criticism and translation. Heaney received many literary prizes including the Whitbread Poetry Award, the Whitbread Book of the Year Award and the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1995. He taught at Queen's University, Harvard University, Oxford University.

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