WHYTE'S IRISH ART 28 MAY 2018

34 Jack Butler Yeats RHA (1871-1957) A BROADSIDE - TWENTY-EIGHT ISSUES, FEBRUARY 1909 TO MAY 1915 hand-coloured; (from a limited edition of 300); (28); (unframed) 11 by 7.50in. (27.9 by 19.1cm) Published by the Cuala Press, Dublin. A Broadside was published in a folio format, on special paper made at the Saggart Mills in Dublin, with typeface selected by the artist’s sister Lily and printed on an Albion hand press built in 1853. A Broadside was published in an edition of 300 copies. An annual subscription cost 12 shillings. Jack illustrated the complete first series (84 issues) totalling 252 drawings and had exclusive editorial control for the first series with W.B. assuming the role for the subsequent second and third. The present collection of 28 includes: Second year, February 1909, no. 9 Third year, nos. 7, 10, 11 Fifth year, nos. 1, 4, 6, 8- 12 Sixth year, nos. 1, 2, 5, 6, 8, 9, 11, 12 Seventh and last year of the set, nos. 2, 4, 5, 7, 8, 10, 11, 12 €2,000-€3,000 (£1,750-£2,630 approx.) Click Here for Large Images & To Bid Lot 34