Madam, - I am researching a retrospective exhibition on the artist Barrie Cooke. I am anxious to contact the owners of the following paintings and would be obliged if I could address them through your pages as our records are incomplete.
The works are: Hibernia Gloriosa Californensis, 1986, 140 X 140cms (a nude). Nude with TV 1987, 144 X144cms (descriptive title). Yellow nude, 1988/89, 92 X 122cms (descriptive title). Night Lake, Orange, 1979, dimensions unknown. Mad Sweeney's Head, date unknown, 33 X 33cms (eye in foliage). Night Fishing, 1981, triptych, middle panel 72 X72cms, other panels smaller.
If the present owners could call me at the Academy (01-661 2558 ext. 100), I would be most grateful. - Yours, etc.,
PATRICK T. MURPHY, Director, Royal Hibernian Academy Gallagher Gallery, 15 Ely Place, Dublin 2.