Patrick McElroy (1923-2008) Phoenix Steel on a wooden base, 66 x 25 x 18cm (26 x 10 x 7'') Literature : The artist is photographed beside this piece in ''The Irish Press'' Wed Nov 1970, on the...
Patrick McElroy (1923-2008) Phoenix Steel on a wooden base, 66 x 25 x 18cm (26 x 10 x 7'') Literature : The artist is photographed beside this piece in ''The Irish Press'' Wed Nov 1970, on the occassion of his winning the ?1,000 commission for Dunmurray Shopping Centre Belfast, for which this is a maquette. McElroy describes the work ''as representing a Phoenix - a symbol of hope in the present unhappy Northern situation ''.