Whyte's: Irish Art: Lot 155
Jack Butler Yeats RHA (1871-1957) EVENING and THE POSTCAR, 1907-1908 AND OTHERS
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Jack Butler Yeats RHA (1871-1957) EVENING and THE POSTCAR, 1907-1908 AND OTHERS
handcoloured Cuala Press prints (2); print (1); coloured plate (1) (all unframed)
variously signed, titled and dated in the plate
30 by 39cm., 12 by 15.2 5in.
Provenance:
By descent from Susan Mary ('Lily') Yeats (1866-1949) to Rupert Gordon (1894-1961); Thence by descent to the present owner
Literature:
Pyle, Hilary, The Different Worlds of Jack B. Yeats His Cartoons and Illustrations, Irish Academic Press, 1994, p.285, catalogue no. 2022 and 2023 (illustrated), respectively
Also with this lot, a reproduction of a sketch of Lily Yeats, New York, 1908 by John Butler Yeats RHA (1839-1922). Dimensions: 15 by 11ins; inscribed by previous owner on reverse. Also, a coloured plate of William Butler Yeats, 1934 by Seán O'Sullivan RHA (1906-1964). Dimensions of plate: 9.25 by 7.5ins. Laid into paper folio with artist's biography. Plate described, 'By the courtesy of the Trustees of the 'Thomas Haverty Bequest' and the Directors of the Abbey Theatre.
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