Irish Art, including Property from the Collection of Sir Michael Smurfit
Irish Art, including Property from the Collection of Sir Michael Smurfit
Property from the Yeats Family
HARRY KERNOFF, R.H.A. | P.S. O'HEGARTY
Auction Closed
September 9, 02:37 PM GMT
Estimate
800 - 1,200 GBP
Lot Details
Description
Property from the Yeats Family
HARRY KERNOFF, R.H.A.
1900-1974
P.S. O'HEGARTY
signed and dated u.r.: Kernoff/ 29
pastel
40.5 by 30.5cm., 16 by 12in.
Patrick O’Hegarty (1879-1955) was a prolific writer and essayist, promoting the Irish language and Irish self-reliance. He was a great admirer of William Butler Yeats. As an avid collector of his poetry and plays, he also supported Yeats’ work for the Abbey Theatre and his opposition to censorship. O’Hegarty’s daughter, Grainne, went on to marry Yeats’ son Michael.