English Literature, History, Science, Children’s Books and Illustrations

English Literature, History, Science, Children’s Books and Illustrations

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YEATS, JACK B. | Three ink drawings for Cuala Prints (Leafy Munster, Rune of Hospitality and The Bog Road)

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December 8, 05:36 PM GMT

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6,000 - 8,000 GBP

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YEATS, JACK B.


Three ink drawings for Cuala Prints, comprising:


i) Leafy Munster, 132 x 204mm., ink and wash drawing together with calligraphic text of poem by Dorothy M. Emerson, signed with monogram lower right, [Pyle, The Different Worlds of Jack B. Yeats – His Cartoon and Illustrations 2045];


ii) Rune of Hospitality, 108 x 118mm., ink drawing together with calligraphic text of poem from an old Gaelic Rune, signed with monogram lower right, [Pyle, The Different Worlds of Jack B. Yeats – His Cartoon and Illustrations 2044 and 2051];


iii) The Bog Road, 119 x 257mm., ink drawing, signed lower left, [Pyle, The Different Worlds of Jack B. Yeats – His Cartoon and Illustrations 2048, 2071 and 2085];


all mounted, framed and glazed (3)


Pyle notes these three drawings were each used as Cuala Press prints. The second and third drawings were also used for Cuala Press Christmas cards. The third drawing was also used for a calendar in 1912.