WHYTE'S THE ECLECTIC COLLECTOR 13 MAY 2023

196 Books & Writers 367 James Joyce death mask by Victor McCaughan Bronzed plaster, stamped with initials and dated on reverse; also inscribed on reverse “Portrait of the Artist as a Dead Man or Corpus Dedalus For Margaret & Gordon from Breige & Victor Con abrazos besos y muchas Powers”. On the day of James Joyce’s death in Zurich, 13 January 1941, his wife Nora gave consent to have a death mask made. Paul Speck was commissioned to make the cast, three of which were produced. Two of these examples are now held by the James Joyce Foundation in Zurich and the James Joyce Museum in Dublin. This particular portrait was cast following an extensive study of the original masks and photographs of Joyce by the artist. This resulted in the work bearing an extremely close resemblance to the original mask, with only minor differences. Condition: Chipped left ear, couple of minor chips. Estimate €800-€1200 (approx £700-£1,050) Click here for more images and to bid on this lot 367 368 McLaughlen, Eve. A McLaughlin Guides (7) “A McLaughlin Guide” published by Federation of Family History Societies (FFHS). Titles: Reading Old Handwriting, Simple Latin For Family Historians, Family History From Newspapers, Interviewing Elderly Relatives, Laying Out A Pedigree, No Time for Family History, Parish Registers. Printed wrappers, octavo. Scarce and useful. Condition: Mainly very good, a couple with water stains. Estimate €100-€150 (approx £90-£130) Click here for more images and to bid on this lot 368