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Jack Butler Yeats RHA (1871-1957)
SAINT COLUMBANUS, c.1903
gouache on card
signed in monogram lower right; with title inscribed on card
preserved on reverse; with David Hendriks Gallery framing label on
reverse
32 by 20in. (81 by 51cm)
Provenance:
Miss Lily Yeats;
Miss Hyland;
Purchased by Thomas MacGreevy, c.1958 (former Director of the
National Gallery of Ireland, 1950-1963);
The Collection of James White (former Director of the National
Gallery, 1964-1980);
Private collection
Contained in its original Hendriks Gallery frame.
This gouache was intended as a design for an embroidered sodality banner
for Loughrea Cathedral, Co. Galway. It was executed in 1903 as part of a
commission awarded to the fledgling Dún Emer Guild, which was founded
in 1902 by Evelyn Gleeson. Her two principal partners in the venture were
Jack Yeats’ sisters, Susan and Elizabeth (or Lily and Lolly as they were known
to family and friends).When the Guild received this prestigious commission,
they invited Jack and his wife Mary (known as Cottie) to supply designs for
the banners. Jack designed the Sacred Heart banner and the banners for all
the male saints bar two (these were designed by George Russell “Æ”), whilst
Cottie supplied designs for nearly all of the female saints. In all, twenty-nine
banners were completed, with a further four designs being executed but
ultimately not used. For further information see
www.whytes.ie€
3,000-
€
5,000 (£2,400-£4,000 approx.)
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Jack Butler Yeats RHA
(1871-1957)
THE STRAND RACES: THE START
hand-coloured Cuala Press print
signed in the plate lower left; titled
on rarely seen Cuala Press label on
reverse
17 by 4.70in. (43 by 12cm)
€
200-
€
300 (£160-£240 approx.)
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Jack Butler Yeats RHA (1871-1957)
EVENING and THE POST CAR (A PAIR)
hand-coloured Cuala Press print; (2)
each signed and titled in the plate; both with Dawson
Gallery framing label on reverse
8 by 12in. (20 by 30cm)
Dimensions of the second work 8.5 by 12 ins.
Framed uniformly.
€
500-
€
700 (£400-£560 approx.)
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