{{Short description|Businessman and talent agent (1937–2020)}} {{for|the fictional character|List of Modern Family characters#Frank Dunphy}} {{Use dmy dates|date=February 2022}} {{Use Irish English|date=February 2022}} '''Frank Dunphy''' (27 November 1937 – 23 August 2020)<ref>{{cite web |title=Frank Dunphy obituary |date=2020-08-27 |website=The Guardian |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230203081514/https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2020/aug/27/frank-dunphy-obituary |archive-date=2023-02-03 |url-status=live |url=https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2020/aug/27/frank-dunphy-obituary}}</ref> was an Irish-born, British-based business manager, entrepreneur and accountant. He represented the interests of such artists and actors as Damien Hirst, Tracey Emin, Jake and Dinos Chapman and Ray Winstone.<ref name="ohagan">Sean O’Hagan. [https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2007/jul/01/art1 "The man who sold us Damien"], ''The Guardian'', 1 July 2007.</ref>
==Early life in Ireland== Dunphy was born in Portrane. His father was a nurse and his mother was a republican activist and member of Cumann na mBan.{{citation needed|date=October 2013}} He was married to Lorna.
==Career== Dunphy moved to England in the early 1950s and began his career in representation advising performers including Coco the Clown, Harry Worth, and Roy Castle.<ref name="ohagan"/> He reputedly charged his clients 10% of all sales/income revenue.<ref name="milmo">Cahal Milmo. [https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/art/news/mr-10-per-cent-and-hes-worth-every-penny-934238.html "Mr 10 per cent (and he's worth every penny)"], ''The Independent'', 18 September 2008.</ref>
==Damien Hirst== Dunphy has represented artist Damien Hirst since 1995.<ref name="milmo"/> He claimed he was first asked to represent artist Hirst by Hirst's mother, Mary, a claim which the artist has disputed.<ref name="ohagan"/>
In 2018, Dunphy and his wife gave six works by Young British Artists to the Pallant House Gallery, Chichester, including ''Butterfly'' by Hirst. <ref>{{cite web |title=Acquisitions of the month: August-September 2018 |url=https://www.apollo-magazine.com/acquisitions-of-the-month-august-september-2018/ |website=Apollo Magazine}}</ref>
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