This page lists Sam Walsh works for which photographic reproductions are yet to be found or added. The list is chronological where records or estimations allow.
(Dimensions’ width listed first if irregular.)
The Gathering
Depicts: Unknown.
Date: Unknown.
Pencil, colour wash on paper, 60 x 80 cm.
Collection: Private/Unknown.
Image sources: None.
Trotsky
Date: Unknown.
Oil, aerosol or airbrush on canvas, 26 x 35 cm.
Collection: Private/Unknown.
Notes: Seems a very small size for an airbrush on canvas. Perhaps inches? Or perhaps A3 paper (29 x 42 cm).
Image sources: None.
The Artist with Bandaged Face
Drawing, possibly circa early 1980’s.
Portrait of Sam Walsh’s Father 1954
No details.
Two Abstracts 1960
Depicts: Two cubist style paintings, if by Walsh, very different to his other works. No definite identification.
Slides.
Burnt Torso 1961
Materials: Media unknown/hardboard.
Size: 77 x 102 cm.
Collection: Unknown, possibly Liverpool University.
Image sources: Monochrome printed photograph in book Sam Walsh, National Museums & Galleries on Merseyside 1991.
Man in a Dressing Gown (‘Lucky Luciano’) c. 1961 – 68
Oil, household paint, other media on Hardboard, 38 x 46 cm.
Only monochrome image available.
Collection: Private.
Homage to Norma Jean Baker 1963
Collection: Private.
Materials and size unknown.
Ambush Party with J. Walsh, Co. Wexford, 1916 c.1963-66
Oil, household paint on Masonite hardboard, 61 x 61 cm.
First exhibited: Liverpool Academy 1966 (19).
Collection: Private/Unknown.
Image sources: Monochrome printed photograph, Sam Walsh, National Museums & Galleries on Merseyside 1991.
James Joyce c.1963-68
Note: This listing is based on someone’s memory of seeing a painting of the author. If anyone also has memories of such a thing, or even better, evidence of it, please do get in touch. Details according to most recent description. Size: Approximately 3 or 4 feet square. Materials: Possibly hardboard or canvas. Rendered in thinned oil paint (similar to Mike’s Brother) with a smudge across one of Joyce’s bespectacled eyes. Location and time viewed: Possibly at a feature exhibition, Walker Art Gallery. Portrait was seen at some point between 1967 & 69.
Greystones Seafront, Co. Wicklow 1964
Landscape, no figures. No other details.
Collection: Private. Possibly in Sussex.
Portrait of Lady Entwistle 1964
Oil on hardboard, 110 x 110 cm.
Collection: Private.
Image sources: Monochrome printed photograph in book Sam Walsh, National Museums & Galleries on Merseyside 1991.
Two Figures by a Window 1965
Depicts: Two figures, window, helicopter.
Possibly oil on board.
Photo.
Uncle Harry at the Races 1965
No details.
Collection: Private. Possibly in Kent.
Crispy Mountain Blues c.1965 – 1967
Depicts: Abstract landscape. Only monochrome version as shown on Main Page currently found. Awaiting colour version.
Collection: Victoria Gallery & Museum, University of Liverpool, UK.
The Burroughs Confusion, 4 Pieces c.1965-70
Note on the following 4 entries:
There are a number of Burroughs works that in attempts to archive them, have left researchers stumped. There are numerous titles, one or another may or may not be the same paintings as are presented on the website main page. Somehow this historical confusion seems to bear comparison with the nature of Burroughs’ own cut-up text work. It’s not out of the question Walsh deliberately created this confusion apropos of same.
Winston Churchill c.1960’s
Depicts: Churchill in a blue hat with a cigar.
Materials: Oil on board.
Collection: Jake Berry MP
Mister W.B. (‘El Hombre Invisible’)
There are no details from documentation listing what it has been sourced from, thus it’s hard to tell but this is probably the El Hombre Invisible already shown on the website.
Exhibited: Liverpool Academy 1965, 40 gns.
Mr W.B.
No details.
Exhibited: Liverpool Academy at the Bluecoat, Nov 1967, £50.
Speak to Me, Speak to me (for William Burroughs)
No details.
Exhibited: Bluecoat, Liverpool, Dec 1968.
For Mr W.B.
No details.
Exhibited: Liverpool Academy 1970.
Collection: Private.
Bertrand Russell 1967
Probably oil on hardboard 122 x 122cm
Collection: Unknown.
Slide.
Abstract with Vicky 1968
Depicts: Cubist style painting, like Two Abstracts 1960, if by Walsh, very different to his other works. No definite identification.
Slides.
Butcher’s Shop in Staybrite 1968
Depicts: Shop front on street.
Materials: Oil and airbrush possibly canvas possibly hardboard.
Size: 122 x 122 cm.
Collection: Unknown.
Image sources: Slides.
Chair 1968
Depicts: Chair.
Materials: Unknown.
Size: 122 x 122 cm.
Collection: Unknown.
Image sources: Slides.
Fireplace 1968
Depicts: Fireplace.
Materials: Hardboard, oil, airbrush.
Size: 92 x 92 cm.
Collection: Private.
Image sources: Slides and photos.
General Steinhoff 1968
Depicts: Large head wearing flying helmet. Connected with General II 1967.
Materials: Unknown.
Size: 122 x 122 cm.
Collection: Unknown.
First exhibited: Possibly Grosvenor Gallery, London, 1977.
Image sources: Slides.
Room 1968
Oil, aerosol, hardboard 122 x 122cm
Collection: Unknown.
Image source: Slide. Very contaminated, digital restoration may be possible.
The Chair Affair 1968
Depicts: Chair.
Materials: Unknown.
Size: Unknown.
Collection: Unknown.
Image source: Slide. Very contaminated, digital restoration may be possible.
Che Guevara c.1968
Depicts: Large head of Che Guevara.
Oil, aerosol on hardboard.
Image source: Photos. Cracking in paint, light reflections on surface, difficult to restore digitally.
Lady Penelope c.1968
From the Thunderbirds TV show.
Date: Like the ‘Virgil’ probably 1968.
Pencil on paper.
Collection: Private.
Greyhounds c.1968 -73
Depicts: Two dogs sitting on a couch or chaise longue.
Oil, airbrush, on canvas, 120 x 120 cm.
Collection: Private/Unknown.
Image sources: None.
Jet Aeroplane c. 1968-73
Depicts: Jet aeroplane taking off at night, viewed from facing its nose head-on, centrally to the runway.
Large painting. Oil, airbrush on canvas.
Collection: Unknown.
Image sources: None. Website editor remembers being shown this.
The Jewish Princess c.1968-73
Depicts: Naked legs and lower body of a woman, suspended in mid air as if jumping wildly toward a swimming pool.
Materials: Airbrush on paper.
Collection: Private/Unknown.
Image sources: None. Website editor remembers this on kitchen wall in Ashfield Rd.
Interior 1969
Depicts: Unknown.
Materials: Unknown.
Size: 92 x 92 cm.
Collection: Unknown.
First exhibited: John Moores University, 1969
Image sources: Slides.
Notes: May be ‘Interior c.1967-1973’, or ‘Interior 1968’ already visually represented on website, or may be neither.
Ho Chi Minh 1970
Subtitle: Oh Ho, Where Are You?
Depicts: President of North Vietnam 1954-1969.
Materials: Pencil on Paper.
Size: Unknown.
Collection: National Museums Liverpool, Walker Art Gallery
Alan Ladd 1 & 2 c. 1970-75
Possible title: Alan Ladd.
Two large paintings.
Depicts: Both paintings feature large head of the film actor Alan Ladd with a cigarette, exactly the same in both paintings, except one is in colour and one is monochrome.
Acrylic, oil, airbrush on canvas.
Collection: Private/Unknown.
Image sources: Slides.
Cushion Too 1971
Slide
Collection: Unknown.
Summer Curtains 1971
Airbrush and other media on cotton, 92 x 92 cm.
Collection: Private.
Professor Jim Cassells, Liverpool University 1972
Pencil on paper, 41 x 58 cm.
Collection: Private/Unknown.
Notes: It is possible the original pencil drawn image has been ripped to form a strip, showing a narrow vertical image of the subject, or that two ripped pieces of paper have been mounted over the central image to create the same effect, or it may be that the artist has drawn the appearance of the ripped paper.
Image sources: Only a very poor reproduction (digital) currently available, unusable.
Still Life, Two Bowls 1972
Slide
Collection: Unknown.
Still Life with Curtain 1972
Slide
Collection: Unknown.
A Little Bit of an Old Master 1973
Pencil, airbrush on paper 65 x 59 cm.
Notes: Based on Ingres’ Portrait of the Princesse de Broglie (c. 1851).
Collection: Private.
Image source: Only monochrome printed photograph available from book Sam Walsh, National Museums & Galleries on Merseyside 1991.
Portrait of Paula Ridley 1973
Oil on canvas
Collection: Private
Image source: Only monochrome printed photograph available from book Sam Walsh, National Museums & Galleries on Merseyside 1991.
You Two, Yew Tree 1973
168 x 168cm
Slide
Collection: Unknown.
Marylin Monroe’s Feet c. 1973-74
Airbrush on paper, 61 x 78 cm.
Only monochrome version available.
Collection: Private.
Simone de Beauvoir c. 1973-74
Pencil, airbrush or spray on paper, 50 x 69 cm.
Collection: Private.
Two Girls and You Two, Yew Tree 1974
Unknown. This may be a confused listing from an exhibition catalogue that lists two separate paintings.
Nude c.1975-83
Depicts: Nude woman, lying on side, on white sheet and pillow, back to viewer, couch has turquoise back.
Materials: Oil, acrylic on canvas.
Dimensions: 60 x 45cm.
Collection: Private.
Source: Photo.
The Poet John Berryman 1976
Depicts: The eponymous poet, depicted gesturing in chair towards bottom left of frame.
Materials: Oil on canvas.
Dimensions: 95 x 95cm.
Collection: Private.
Source: Photo.
Notes: Restored by Harriet Owen Hughes.
The Politician 1976
Depicts: Man in hat seated under a sun-shaded table, possibly petting a dog, a mountainous cliff-face in the crinkled canvas technique used in other works in background. Title may be incorrect. Part of this can be seen in the background to the left of the photograph of Private View 1971 in Additional.
Materials: Oil, acrylic on canvas.
Size: Large painting.
Collection: Private/Unknown.
Image sources: Slides.
The Politician (or Homage to 1984) 1976
Large painting
Notes: This is taken from a catalogue listing and is probably the above listed The Politician but with the additional subtitle.
Collection: Unknown.
Slide
Man and Dog c.1976-78
Depicts: Unknown.
Date: Unknown.
Pencil, colour wash on paper, 60 x 80 cm.
Collection: Private/Unknown.
Image sources: None. Though the measurements (derived from an exhibition listing) do not conform, this may be The Dictator 1978.
After the Battle of Bull Run 1977
44 x 44cm
Slide
Collection: Unknown.
Dancer 1977
38 x 56cm
Slide
Collection: Unknown.
Sleeping Figure 1977
Depicts: Probably bed using ‘crinkle’ effect for duvet, in room, possibly sleeping figure. (Photo contaminated with light reflections in glass, thus unusable.)
Sandy Beach 1977
Pencil, airbrush and other media on paper, 46 x 62 cm.
Collection: University of Liverpool.
Star Wars 1977
36 x 36cm
Slide
Collection: Unknown.
Ursula 1977
Depicts: Nude woman on couch.
Pencil on paper.
Artist’s Thumb 1978
Slide
Collection: Unknown.
Bullring 1978
Depicts: Wall of side of bullring with a number 7 sign.
Materials unknown.
Photo.
Rum Do on a Couch 1978
Depicts: Two women, one dressed, one partly dressed on couch.
Pencil on paper.
Slide.
Billy, Roger, Sam, Maurice 1980
Depicts: Sitters’ profiles. Study for The Dinner Party.
Pencil on paper.
Slide.
Dog Shit 1980
Depicts: Small dog in jacket.
Pencil on paper.
Slide.
Don’s Torso 1980
Depicts: Nude of Don McKinlay.
Pencil and possibly Conté crayon on paper.
Slide.
Joe 1980
Depicts: Joe Martindale, right profile.
Pencil on paper.
Slide.
Marilyn in the Bluecoat 1980
Depicts: Marylin Susan Robinson former partner of Walsh.
Pencil on paper.
Slide.
Maurice, Helen 1980
Depicts: Profiles of sitters, study for The Dinner Party.
Pencil on paper.
Slide.
McKinlay in Libya or Some Goddam Place 1980
Pencil and other media on paper, 50 x 43 cm.
Collection: Private.
Notes: Also known as Don Abroad, and McKinlay in Syria or Some Goddam Place.
McKinlay’s Family 1980
Depicts: Profiles of sitters, study for The Dinner Party.
Pencil on paper.
Slide.
Me, Don, Being Passionate 1980
Depicts: Walsh snogging Don.
Pencil on paper with added colour, maybe Conté crayon or gouache.
Slide.
My Friend the Pig 1980
Depicts: Pig’s head. (Already Main Page image but may be worth editing and replacing.)
Pencil on paper.
Slide.
Nude 1980
Depicts: Nude young woman, supine.
Pencil on paper.
Slide.
Park, Early Morning 1980
Depicts: Deserted path in park.
Possibly small canvas with oils.
Slide.
Ray, Dave, Nish, Lesley 1980
Depicts: Profiles of sitters, study for The Dinner Party.
Pencil on paper, 35 x 47 cm.
Collection: Private.
Slide.
Ros 1980
Pencil on paper, 42 x 58 cm.
Collection: Private.
Notes: Not to be confused with Ros and Geraniums.
Ros 1, Ros 2, Ros 3 1980
Depicts: Three different drawings of Ros McAlister, Walsh’s partner.
Pencil on paper.
Slide.
Small Park Painting 1980
Depicts: Deserted path in park.
Possibly oil on canvas or board.
Slide.
Spud and Tony 1980
Depicts: Spud and presumably another friend. Seems to be sourced from an older photograph as Spud appears younger than in 1980 and the style of Tony looks circa 1960’s.
Pencil on paper.
Slide.
Still Life Early Morning 1980
Depicts: Objects on a table; pipe, hat, ashtray, radio, tobacco packet.
Pencil on paper.
Slide.
The Dinner Party in Progress 1980
Various slides (11) showing preparatory drawings and beginnings of painting.
Women Watching Don 1980
Depicts: Eight nude women. (Slide contaminated with glass reflection.)
Pencil and possibly Conté crayon on paper.
Slide.
Kenny Dalglish c.1980-83
Title: Unknown.
Depicts: Portrait of the footballer, possibly a commissioned piece for Liverpool Football Club.
Materials: Pencil on paper.
Collection: Private/Unknown
Image sources: None.
Sextuplets c. 1980-1985.
Possible title: Sextuplets.
Depicts: A row of babies in a hospital cot.
Materials: Pencil on paper.
Image sources: None.
Notes: This was last seen exhibited on a Maternity Ward at the Liverpool Women’s Hospital, Upper Parliament St. c. 2002. The subject may be the Walton sextuplets of 1983 the source may have been a photograph depicting the babies sleeping in a line on a hospital bed.
Image sources: None.
IRA Hunger Strikers 1981
No details.
Fist 1982
Depicts: Closed hand (not aggressive as the title may suggest) .
Pencil, Conté crayon on paper, 68 x 68 cm.
Collection: Private/Unknown.
Image sources: Slide
Jani, Don, Jeff, (nude) in our Garden 1982
Depicts: Don McKinlay, Jani Cebertowicz, Jeff Nuttall.
Pencil on paper.
Slide.
Ros 4 1982
Depicts: Ros McAlister.
Pencil and violet watercolour against grey bodycolour on paper. Also seen in Ros 1,2,3. Source contaminated by light reflections.
Slide.
Waving, Drowning 1982
Depicts: Nude woman (unknown subject) waving. (Slightly contaminated by glass reflection, may be restorable.)
Pencil on paper.
Slide.
Catherine 1983
Depicts: Nude woman, back to viewer, in garden. (Catherine Meredith, friend of Ros and Sam’s.)
Pencil and possibly Conté crayon on paper.
Slide.
Details from Cranach 1983
Depicts: Details from Walker Art gallery’s The Nymph of the Fountain 1534 Lucas Cranach the elder.
Possibly oil, gouache and pencil on paper.
Slide.
Dreaming with Paloma 1983
Depicts: Various nude women around a couch.
Pencil on paper.
Slide
Holiday in Crete 1983
Depicts: Two nude women in field, bull’s head in foreground.
Pencil on paper.
Slide
Hunger Striker (40 Days, Released 1923) 1983
and
1922: With part of Bob Lambert’s IRA Battalion 1983
Both works combined as one.
No details.
Exhibited: Bluecoat 1983.
Collection: Private
Jeff in our Garden 1983
Depicts: Almost ‘stop-motion’, three images of a nude Jeff Nuttall in various poses in garden. (Some reflection in glass.)
Pencil, possibly Conté crayon on paper.
Slide.
Regina and Mimi in California 1983
Oil on canvas, 97 x 93 cm.
Collection: Private.
Notes: Commissioned portrait, at the time, of the author Thom Keyes’ wife and daughter. There is also a drawing of the same image.
Tommy Cooper 1984
Close up of the head of the comedian.
Pencil on paper.
Collection: Private/Unknown.
Image sources: None.
Elephant’s Eye c.1984
Title: Unknown.
Depicts: Close-up of elephant’s eye and surrounding deeply textured skin.
Materials: Pencil on paper.
Size: Unknown.
Collection: Private/Unknown.
Image sources: None.
Bob Geldof’s Boots 1984
Size, Materials, Collection: Unknown
Melly 1985
Pencil on paper, 44 x 61 cm
Collection: Private.
Notes: One of two pencil drawings of George Melly. One from book source, other not found.
Lennon 1987
Pencil on paper, 97 x 97 cm
Collection: Private.
Notes: Not to be confused with the painting of the same name. Quoting Alex Kidson in his detailed and extensive work for the catalogue for the Walsh retrospective he organised at The Walker At Gallery, Liverpool, in 1991 “Walsh had known Lennon from his early days in Liverpool”.
Tess 1987
Depicts: Rocky undergrowth in forest, using ‘accidental’ surface texture as base.
Materials: Watercolour or and/or ink on paper.
Dimensions: 45 x 34cm.
Collection: Private.
Source: Photo.
Notes: Painted in Greenbank Drive, Liverpool.
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