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John Butler Yeats
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3,000 - 5,000 GBP
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Description
- John Butler Yeats
- W. B. Yeats as a Boy
- one inscribed l.r. (in Lily Yeats' hand): W. B. Yeats
- all pencil
- 18 by 25.5cm., 7 by 10in.
- Executed circa 1872-74.
together with two further examples by John Butler Yeats
Exhibited
Dublin, National Gallery of Ireland, Paintings and Drawings by John Butler Yeats, 1972, no.13;
New York, Albany Institute of History & Art, The Drawings of John Butler Yeats, 11 April - 31 May 1987, no.6 (illustrated in exh. cat.)
New York, Albany Institute of History & Art, The Drawings of John Butler Yeats, 11 April - 31 May 1987, no.6 (illustrated in exh. cat.)
Literature
William M. Murphy, The Yeats Family and the Pollexfens of Sligo, Dublin, Dolmen Press, 1971, illustrated no.5;
Times Literary Supplement, 17 March 1972, p.292;
William M. Murphy, Prodigal Father: The Life of John Butler Yeats, Cornelll University Press, Ithaca and London, 1978, illustrated p.100;
William M. Murphy, Family Secrets, William Butler Yeats and his Relatives, Syracuse University Press, New York, 1995, fig.13, p.31, fig.19, p.43;
R. F. Foster, W. B. Yeats, A Life, Oxford University Press, 1998, illustrated pl.6
Times Literary Supplement, 17 March 1972, p.292;
William M. Murphy, Prodigal Father: The Life of John Butler Yeats, Cornelll University Press, Ithaca and London, 1978, illustrated p.100;
William M. Murphy, Family Secrets, William Butler Yeats and his Relatives, Syracuse University Press, New York, 1995, fig.13, p.31, fig.19, p.43;
R. F. Foster, W. B. Yeats, A Life, Oxford University Press, 1998, illustrated pl.6