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Jack Butler Yeats, R.H.A.
Estimate
10,000 - 15,000 GBP
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Description
- Jack Butler Yeats, R.H.A.
- Porter
- signed l.l.: JACK B. YEATS
- pen and ink with watercolour
- 29 by 23cm., 11½ by 9in.
- Executed in 1906.
Provenance
Oliver D. Gogarty, Dublin;
Probably Adams, Dublin, 5 April 1979 (as Aran Man at Bar);
Private collection
Probably Adams, Dublin, 5 April 1979 (as Aran Man at Bar);
Private collection
Literature
Hilary Pyle, The Different Worlds of Jack B. Yeats, His Cartoons and Illustrations, 1994, no.1369, p.188, illustrated p.187
Condition
The work has been executed on card, which has been affixed to the backing mount. There is some staining throughout the sheet. There are foxing marks and specks of surface dirt throughout. There is some minor glue and paper residue to the edges.
Held in a drawing frame with cream mount and framed under glass. Please note that this work has been examined out of its frame.
"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
The present work belongs to a group of twelve illustrations Yeats produced for The Aran Islands by J. M. Synge, which was published in 1907. These represent some of Yeats' most important illustrations of the period, and came about when he was commissioned in 1905 by the Manchester Guardian to accompany Synge and report on the congested areas of the western coast of Ireland. He took to the task enthusiastically, writing to C. P. Scott, the editor of the paper: 'I hope Mr Synge's articles and my drawings may do good, for the people of the West of Ireland are a great people' (quoted in H. Pyle, op. cit., p.38). Synge and Yeats were ideally suited to the task, both curious and responsive to the characters, personalities, hardships and pleasures of life in the West, which Yeats so superbly evoked in his illustrations, exemplified in Porter.