Man in a Foreign Land 1984

Sam Walsh

Oil, acrylic on canvas, 152 x 152 cm.

Notes: Previously listed as The Politician 1976.

Private Collection.

John Paul Getty  1987

Sam Walsh

Pencil on paper, 58 x 74 cm.

Collection unknown.

Winston Churchill c.1960’s

Sam Walsh

Materials, dimensions unknown.

Private collection.

Pin Up 1963, for Francis Bacon  1963

Sam Walsh

Oil, household paint on Masonite hardboard, 122 x 122 cm.

Collection: National Museums Liverpool, Walker Art Gallery.

Notes: First exhibited at John Moores Liverpool Exhibition 4 (100), 1963. It is widely acknowledged Walsh’s work was openly influenced by Bacon’s, to whom he was introduced in 1962 by George Melly.

Title Unknown (Portrait of Sally Pratt) c.1960’s

Sam Walsh

Materials, dimensions unknown.

Private collection.

Colonel Cathcart’s Plum Tomato 1974

Sam Walsh

Materials, dimensions unknown.

Private collection.

Notes: The title of this piece is a reference derived from Joseph Heller’s novel Catch 22.

Title Unknown (Nude figure on couch) c.1980’s

Sam Walsh

Acrylic on canvas, dimensions unknown.

Private collection.

Two Figures by a Window 1965

Sam Walsh

Oil on hardboard, dimensions unknown.

Private collection.

Summer Curtains 1971

Sam Walsh

Airbrush and other media on cotton, 91 x 91 cm.

Private collection.

Samuel Beckett, Himself  1965

Sam Walsh

Oil and household paint on Masonite hardboard, 122 x 137 cm.

Collection: Victoria Gallery & Museum, University of Liverpool, UK.

Provenance: First exhibited: Bradford Spring Exhibition 1965 (147); later at Everyman Theatre, 1967; Senate House, University of Liverpool, 1983; and Close Up: Samuel Beckett, National Portrait Gallery, 1987-88.

Man in a Dressing Gown ‘Lucky Luciano’ c.1961-68

Sam Walsh


Oil, household paint, other media on Hardboard, 38 x 46 cm.


Private collection.

Bobby Kennedy 1968

Sam Walsh


Oil, aerosol on hardboard, 92 x 92 cm.


Collection: Liverpool University.


Notes: Depicts Robert F. Kennedy, US Senator assassinated 1968, brother of President John F. Kennedy, assassinated 1963.