ID 1507917
Lot 139 | JACK BUTLER YEATS (1871-1957)
Estimate value
$ 3 500 – 5 500
The Twisting of the Rope
signed 'JACK.B.YEATS' (lower left), signed again 'Jack B Yeats' (lower right) and titled and inscribed 'An Craoibhin ds Hanrahan in The Twisting of The Rope' (lower center)
watercolor, brush and black ink and pen and India ink on card
Image size: 6 ½ x 5 3/8 in. (16.6 x 13.7 cm.)
Card size: 9 ¼ x 6 ¼ in. (23.5 x 15.7 cm.)
Executed in 1905
Provenance
Tom Kelly, United States (October 1905).
Literature
H. Pyle, Jack B. Yeats: His Watercolours, Drawings and Pastels, Dublin, 1993, p. 145, no. 571.
Exhibited
Dublin, Leinster Hall, Jack Butler Yeats: Pictures of Life in the West of Ireland, October 1905, no. 43A.
| Artist: | Jack Butler Yeats (1871 - 1957) |
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| Place of origin: | England, Northern Europe, Europe, United Kingdom |
| Auction house category: | Watercolors and drawings |
| Artist: | Jack Butler Yeats (1871 - 1957) |
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| Place of origin: | England, Northern Europe, Europe, United Kingdom |
| Auction house category: | Watercolors and drawings |
| Address of auction |
CHRISTIE'S 8 King Street, St. James's SW1Y 6QT London United Kingdom | |
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