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John Butler Yeats RHA (1839-1922)
Estimate:
€1,000 - €1,500
Passed
Live Auction
Irish & International Art
Size
4.75 by 8.25in. (12.1 by 21cm)
Description
Title: NELLY WHELAN READING
Note: With pencil sketch of young man on reverse.
Note: With pencil sketch of young man on reverse.
Medium
pencil
Signature
inscribed [Nelly Whelan] lower right
Provenance
Family of the artist;Fonsie Mealy Chatsworth Sale, The Yeats Collection, 14 November 2017, ex lot 616;Private collection
Literature
Cullen, Finton, The Drawings of John Butler Yeats (1839-1922), Lane Press, New York, 1987, p. 40 (illustrated)
Exhibited
'The Drawings of John Butler Yeats', Albany Institute of History & Art, New York, 11 April to 31 May 1987, catalogue no. 16
