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Auction archive: Lot number 286

Yeats (John Butler, 1839-1922) Profile portrait of a lady wearing a large bonnet; Bust-length portrait of a lady, 1910 (2).

Estimate
£800 - £1,200
ca. US$1,046 - US$1,569
Price realised:
n. a.
Auction archive: Lot number 286

Yeats (John Butler, 1839-1922) Profile portrait of a lady wearing a large bonnet; Bust-length portrait of a lady, 1910 (2).

Estimate
£800 - £1,200
ca. US$1,046 - US$1,569
Price realised:
n. a.
Beschreibung:

Yeats (John Butler 1839-1922) Profile portrait of a lady wearing a large hat; Bust-length portrait of a lady wearing a hat, two works, pencil on sketchbook leaves, the first mentioned initialled and dated '1910', the latter signed and dated 'May 1910', sheets 175 x 130 mm. (6 7/8 x 5 1/8 in), and 145 x 100 mm. (5 3/4 x 4 in), respectively, both under glass, the first mentioned with small nick and two ring-binder holes in the upper edge, both with minor surface dirt, uniformly framed, 1910 (2) Provenance: Argosy, New York ⁂ John Butler Yeats (1839-1922), the father of William Butler Yeats, Lily Yeats, Elizabeth Corbett "Lolly" Yeats and Jack B. Yeats, moved to New York in 1907 where he stayed until his death in 1922; by 1910 the artist had moved in to his final residence at 317 West Twenty-Ninth Street, New York. The present two portraits are excellent examples of the compassion and warmth that the artist achieved in his sketches of family members, friends and acquaintances.

Auction archive: Lot number 286
Auction:
Datum:
30 Jan 2019
Auction house:
Forum Auctions
4 Ingate Place
London, SW8 3NS
United Kingdom
info@forumauctions.co.uk
+44 (0) 20 7871 2640
Beschreibung:

Yeats (John Butler 1839-1922) Profile portrait of a lady wearing a large hat; Bust-length portrait of a lady wearing a hat, two works, pencil on sketchbook leaves, the first mentioned initialled and dated '1910', the latter signed and dated 'May 1910', sheets 175 x 130 mm. (6 7/8 x 5 1/8 in), and 145 x 100 mm. (5 3/4 x 4 in), respectively, both under glass, the first mentioned with small nick and two ring-binder holes in the upper edge, both with minor surface dirt, uniformly framed, 1910 (2) Provenance: Argosy, New York ⁂ John Butler Yeats (1839-1922), the father of William Butler Yeats, Lily Yeats, Elizabeth Corbett "Lolly" Yeats and Jack B. Yeats, moved to New York in 1907 where he stayed until his death in 1922; by 1910 the artist had moved in to his final residence at 317 West Twenty-Ninth Street, New York. The present two portraits are excellent examples of the compassion and warmth that the artist achieved in his sketches of family members, friends and acquaintances.

Auction archive: Lot number 286
Auction:
Datum:
30 Jan 2019
Auction house:
Forum Auctions
4 Ingate Place
London, SW8 3NS
United Kingdom
info@forumauctions.co.uk
+44 (0) 20 7871 2640
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