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Jack Butler Yeats RHA (1871-1957)
Estimate:
€8,000 - €12,000
Passed
Live Auction
Irish & International Art
Size
11 by 7.50in. (27.9 by 19.1cm)
Description
Title: COMPLETE COLLECTION OF 84 BROADSIDES [1908-1915]
Note: 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 his brother, William assuming the role for the subsequent second and third. The present example is a highly desirable, complete compilation, housed within an original beige linen portfolio with Yeats' hand-coloured label of a pirate playing a mandolin.
Note: 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 his brother, William assuming the role for the subsequent second and third. The present example is a highly desirable, complete compilation, housed within an original beige linen portfolio with Yeats' hand-coloured label of a pirate playing a mandolin.
Condition
Generally very good condition.
Medium
hand-coloured; (from a limited edition of 300)
