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Louis le Brocquy HRHA (1916-2012) Flight (c.1954) Hand-printed Irish linen, 126cm wide (49½'') x 252cm long (99¼'') Signed in the block In 1953 Louis le Brocquy collaborated with the architect Michael Scott (1905-1989) and established Signa Design Consultancy. At this time this was a bold and innovative step. They offered the client a broad range of expertise and creative services from card designing, record sleeves, printed fabrics to Christmas decorations for Grafton Street; with the late Patrick Scott (1921-2014) also being a collaborator on many projects. Their objective was ''to fill a void in the visual life of Ireland by introducing the trained industrial designer'' (Signa promotional pamphlet c.1962). Le Brocquy under this new guise designed a series of screen printed fabric furnishings which were commissioned by John McGuire Ltd. of Dublin. These included the patterns Megalith and Flight (this lot), which were exhibited by the Societé des Décorateurs, Grand Palais, Paris (May 1954). The bold pattern in Flight is very typical of mid-20th century textiles where designers were less restrained and conformist than before. The movement of the running figure is reminiscent of a Matisse paper-cut-out.