Crawford Art Gallery in Cork acquires major Harry Clarke piece
Crawford Art Gallery director Mary McCarthy and gallery registrar Jean O’Donovan with 'The Colloquy of Monos and Una, by Harry Clarke. Picture: Michael Mac Sweeney/Provision
Crawford Art Gallery in Cork has announced the purchase of a new addition to its collection of works from Irish artistic icon Harry Clarke. 'The Colloquy of Monos and Una', a colour plate illustration for a 1923 edition of Edgar Allan Poe’s Tales of Mystery and Imagination, was purchased at private auction in December 2023 - the first such acquisition for the facility in over 99 years.
The latest addition to Crawford Art Gallery's Clarke collection will go on display at the museum from 10am on Friday, December 15. It adds to the Cork gallery's collection of Clarke pieces that includes book illustrations, watercolour studies, and works in stained glass. Other Cork locations with stained glass windows by Clarke include the Honan Chapel at UCC, St Barrahanes in Castletownshend, and the Church of the Nativity in Timoleague.
