Whyte's: Irish & British Art: Lot 85
Jack Butler Yeats RHA (1871-1957)
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Jack Butler Yeats RHA (1871-1957) DERELICT, 1910
watercolour over pencil
with a copy of the handwritten note by the artist to the original owners on the occasion of their wedding
12 by 8cm., 4.75 by 3.25in.
Provenance: A gift from the artist to the original owners; de Vere's, Dublin, November, 2002; Private collection
Accompanying note addressing Sally Hone and Stanely Cooke Smith on the occasion of their wedding reads, "My dear Sally, This is a little wedding present, of two of my old sketch books - one for each of you. With all my good thoughts & good wishes for the health, wealth & happiness of you both. Yours very sincerely, Jack B. Yeats."
Hilary Pyle in Jack Butler Yeats, His Watercolours, Drawings and Pastels sites Derelict, 1910, describing the principal subject as, "A redheaded, red-bearded seaman in patched blue clothes..." See Pyle p.164, catalogue no. 699.
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