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John Butler Yeats
Estimate
6,000 - 8,000 GBP
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Description
- John Butler Yeats
- portraits of Jeanne Robert Foster, John Quinn, Frank Harris, Louis Purser and companion, Jane Grace Corbet Yeats, Lily Yeats and another sketch
- one signed and dated l.l.: JBYeats/ 1919; another dated and signed l.l.: June 9th/ 1910/ JBYeats; another inscribed and dated l.l.: By John Butler Yeats/ June - 1917; another dated and signed l.c.: Sept 22nd/ 1901/ J.B.Yeats; another inscribed u.r.; Your Idea of how to get the best out of a man; and further inscribed l.r.: my idea
- seven pencil, the other pen and ink
- one 23 by 13.5cm., 9 by 5½in., another 21 by 13cm., 8¼ by 5in., two 19 by 13cm., 7½ by 5in., another 16 by 12cm., 6¼ by 4¾in., another 10 by 18.5cm., 4 by 7¼in., another 17 by 12.5cm., 6¾ by 5in., the last 26 by 37cm., 10¼ by 14¼in.
Condition
The pencil drawings appear generally sound; some cockling and discolouring but otherwise in good overall condition. Six are held in simple wood frames under glass, unexamined out of frames. One is unframed and rolled but appears in good overal condition. The pen and ink drawing is unframed, has three faint horizontal fold creases otherwise appears sound.
"In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective, qualified opinion. Prospective buyers should also refer to any Important Notices regarding this sale, which are printed in the Sale Catalogue.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF BUSINESS PRINTED IN THE SALE CATALOGUE."
"In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective, qualified opinion. Prospective buyers should also refer to any Important Notices regarding this sale, which are printed in the Sale Catalogue.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF BUSINESS PRINTED IN THE SALE CATALOGUE."
Catalogue Note
This collection of drawings is of John Butler Yeats’s friends and family: prolific American art collector, John Quinn; provocative Irish-American writer Frank Harris; Irish scholar, Louis Purser, and Yeats’s beloved mother, Jane Grace Corbet Yeats and the artist's sister Lily.