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WHYTES
SINCE 1783
,
16
Jack Butler Yeats RHA (1871-1957)
PROFILE OF A SMARTLY ATTIRED MAN
watercolour over pencil
with Certificate of Authenticity on reverse
4.90 by 3.5in. (12.45 by 8.89cm)
Provenance:
Collection of Ernie O’Malley (1897-1957);
Thence by descent;
Whyte’s, 4 October 2010, lot 18;
Private collection
This work and Lot 17 were once part of a complete collection of
works from a sketch book by Jack Butler Yeats RHA, dated, 1899, Gort,
Co. Galway.The sketchbook was gifted by Yeats to his friend and
patron Ernie O’Malley (1897-1957) and is listed in Hilary Pyle’s Jack B.
Yeats, His Watercolours, Drawings and Pastels, Irish Academic Press,
Dublin, 1993, p.184, nos. 15-17 [Three sketchbooks in the Ernie
O’Malley Collection].
€
1,000-
€
1,500 (£800-£1,200 approx)
17
Jack Butler Yeats RHA (1871-1957)
TREES REFLECTED IN COOLE LAKE
watercolour over pencil
with Certificate of Authenticity on reverse
3.5 by 4.90in. (8.89 by 12.45cm)
Provenance:
Collection of Ernie O’Malley (1897-1957);
Thence by descent;
Whyte’s, 4 October 2010, lot 18;
Private collection
€
500-
€
700 (£400-£560 approx)