Lot 156
  • 156

John Butler Yeats

Estimate
1,500 - 2,000 GBP
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Description

  • John Butler Yeats
  • Jack Yeats as a Child
  • dated l.r.: Nov 18/ 1875; inscribed on the reverse of the mount: Mrs Yeats/ 14 Edith Villas/ Fulham
  • pencil
  • 13 by 8cm., 5¼ by 3in.

Exhibited

New York, Albany Institute of History & Art, The Drawings of John Butler Yeats, 11 April - 31 May 1987, no.7, illustrated in exh. cat.

Literature

William M. Murphy, Prodigal Father: The Life of John Butler Yeats, Cornelll University Press, Ithaca and London, 1978, illustrated p.108;
Bruce Arnold, Jack Yeats, Yale University Press, New Haven & London, 1998, fig.17, p.17

Condition

The sheet is laid to card. It has discoloured but is sound overall. Held under glass in a simple wood frame with a cream mount.
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