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Barrie Cooke HRHA (1931-2014) DIDYMO, N.Z.I., 2006 oil on canvas signed, titled, dated and with artist's archival number [BC28506] on reverse; with typed Kerlin Gallery exhibition label also on reverse h:27.50  w:33.50 in. Provenance: Kerlin Gallery, Dublin; Private collection Exhibited: 'Barrie Cooke', Kerlin Gallery, Dublin, 5 May - 3 June 2006 The Kerlin exhibition in 2006 marked the artist's 75th birthday and featured several reoccurring themes in his oeuvre. The present work represents his preoccupation with water pollution and an algae called Didymosphenia geminata discovered in New Zealand in 2004.