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Jack Butler Yeats RHA (1871-1957)
THE BAR, c.1890s-1900
ink
signed lower left; with Waddington Galleries label
on reverse
5 by 7in. (12.70 by 17.78cm)
Provenance:
Waddington Galleries, London;
Private collection
We are grateful to Dr Róisín Kennedy for her assistance in
dating the work.
€
2,000-
€
3,000 (£1,480-£2,220 approx.)
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Sir William Orpen RA RI RHA (1878-1931)
AT PARIS, 1924
pen and ink
dated [11/12/29] upper centre; signed lower right
10.30 by 8.30in. (26.16 by 21.08cm)
The recipient of this letter is possibly (Ballincurrig) Cork born
“British eccentric prankster” and brother-in-law of Neville
Chamberlain, Horace de Vere Cole (1881-1936). Cole was a friend of
Augustus John who attended the Slade with Orpen. Cole’s second
wife and widow Mavis Wright bore a child by Augustus John while
still married to Cole. He died in poverty in France.
€
500-
€
700 (£370-£520 approx.)