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Mary Klauder
Estimate
1,000 - 1,500 GBP
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Description
- Mary Klauder
- Bust of W.B. Yeats
- signed Mary Klauder; also signed with monogram, dated 1936 and inscribed W B Yeats
- bronze
- height: 24cm., 9½in.
Literature
J. S. Kelly, W. B. Yeats Chronology, Palgrave Macmillan, 2003, p.20;
E. B. Loizeaux, Yeats and the Visual Arts, Syracuse University Press, 2003, p.298
E. B. Loizeaux, Yeats and the Visual Arts, Syracuse University Press, 2003, p.298
Condition
The bronze appears in good overall condition.
No plinth or base.
"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
Mary Klauder was an American sculptor who studied and exhibited at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts.
'Yeats, looking from the beginning for a self-image, had always been interested in his own portraits. Several were sculpted: a bronze mask by Kathleen Bruce (1908), a bronze bust “mounted on a rough block of green marble” by Albert Power (1917), and “a fine bust” by Mary Klauder (1936). These sculpted portraits and Yeats’s admiration for the last two in particular suggest that his desire for poetic self-portraiture may be a sculptural as well as a pictorial analogy.' (Loizeaux, op. cit., p.178)