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Bishop Lucey Park

The Onion Seller

Seamus Murphy
Dublin Art Foundry
1985

Description

Bronze sculpture of a woman with onions in her hands.
The original 'Onion Seller' was cast in bronze in 1937 by sculptor Séamus Murphy. It is a monument to the women dealers in the Coal Quay, Cork City Open Market. The same statue was placed 10 years later 250 m further in Cornmarket Street (here)

Inscription(s)

THE ONION SELLER
by seamus murphy
presented by sunbeam wolsey plc
1985

Signature

dublin art foundry

Sculptor

Seamus Murphy - S. Ó Murcada (Burnfort near Mallow, Co. Cork 1907 - Cork 1975), Irish sculptor (Website).

Sources & Information

Cork Past and Present, Bishop Lucey Park.

Locatie (N 51°53'50" - W 8°28'33") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

Item Code: ie153; Photograph: 15 June 2014
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