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44 22 Jack Butler Yeats RHA (1871-1957) THE HARLEQUINADE, c.1909 Indian ink signed upper left; titled lower right 10.25 by 16in. (26 by 40.6cm) Frame Size: 20.5 by 25.5in. (52.1 by 64.8cm) Provenance: Dawson Gallery, Dublin; Fine Art Boutique, Dublin; Sotheby’s, 9 December 1970, lot 105c; Pinkerton, Dublin; Dan McInerney, Dublin; Christie’s, Carrickmines House, Dublin, 10 February 1986, lot 350; Collection of Muriel Ryan Literature: A Broadside no. 7 second year, December 1909; Hilary Pyle, The Different Worlds of Jack B. Yeats: His Cartoons and Illustrations, Irish Academic Press, Dublin, 1994, catalogue no. 1799, pp. 249/250 (illustrated) Laura Mariott, History Ireland May June 2021: “Although seen as quintessentially British, pantomime - originally known as harlequinade - has proven to be continuously popular in Ireland. This can best be illustrated by Dublin’s Gaiety Theatre dedicating time and space to pantomime each year. The theatre as we know it today delivered its first pantomime in December 1873-King Turko the Terrible or Harlequin Prince Amabel, The Three Magic Roses and Oberon, King of the Fairies, adapted by local man Edwin Hamilton. An Irish Times review stated that it was ‘worth going miles to see’. Although staged during the Christmas season, the pantomime was not tied into Christmas themes. Instead, as the title suggests, magic, the exotic and the integration of familiar characters took precedence.” Jack Yeats had a deep, lifelong connection to the theatre. This connection spans his hand-made toy theatres, plays produced at Dublin’s national theatre, and his archival manuscripts. €10,000-€15,000 (£8,400-£12,610 approx.) Click here for more images and to bid on this lot2 2