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John Murphy

born 1945

The Gathering Anguish Strikes Beneath ... 1982–3
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Artworks

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  • 1. 8

    John Murphy
    1973–4
    View by appointment

  • The Blue Veil

    John Murphy
    1970

  • Delta

    John Murphy
    1978–9

  • An Art of Exchange Featuring an Unknown Young Man from a Painting by Albrecht Dürer

    John Murphy
    1976

  • An Art of Exchange Featuring Treasurer H. Urmiller from a Painting by an Unknown Artist

    John Murphy
    1976

  • Silence ’... augural abscence of a voice which fascinates and ...’

    John Murphy
    1980

  • Sadness ’... the incurable imperfection in the very essence of the present moment ...’

    John Murphy
    1980

  • An Indefinable Odour of Flowers Forever Cut

    John Murphy
    1982–4
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