Lot 134
  • 134

John Butler Yeats

Estimate
2,000 - 3,000 GBP
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Description

  • John Butler Yeats
  • Portrait of Elizabeth Corbet 'Lolly' Yeats
  • signed and dated c.r.: Oct 6/ 1898-/ J B Yeats
  • pencil
  • 26 by 21cm., 10¼ by 8¼in.

Literature

William M. Murphy, Prodigal Father: The Life of John Butler Yeats, Cornell University Press, Ithaca and London, 1978, illustrated p.197;
William Murphy, Family Secrets, William Butler Yeats and his Relatives, Syracuse University Press, New York, 1995, p.84, fig.28;
Hilary Pyle, The Different Worlds of Jack B. Yeats, Irish Academic Press, Dublin, 1994, fig. 2, p.13

Condition

The sheet appears sound. Slightly discoloured and some spots of foxing, otherwise work appears in good overall condition. Held under glass in a dark painted wood frame with green mount; unexamined out of frame.
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