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Jack Butler Yeats
CARTOON FOR A BANNER, PROBABLY ST. BRENDAN (c.1928)
Lot 36
Price Realised:
€4,200
Estimate:
€3,000 - €5,000
Jack Butler Yeats RHA, 1871-1957
CARTOON FOR A BANNER, PROBABLY ST. BRENDAN (c.1928)
Watercolour & mixed media on light brown paper, 61 1/2" x 42" (156 x 106.5cm), inscribed with notes detailing colours to be used.
Provenance: Dawson Ga...
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Lot 36
Jack Butler Yeats
CARTOON FOR A BANNER, PROBABLY ST. BRENDAN (c.1928)
Lot 36
Jack Butler Yeats
CARTOON FOR A BANNER, PROBABLY ST. BRENDAN (c.1928)
Estimate:
€3,000 - €5,000
Jack Butler Yeats RHA, 1871-1957
CARTOON FOR A BANNER, PROBABLY ST. BRENDAN (c.1928)
Watercolour & mixed media on light brown paper, 61 1/2" x 42" (156 x 106.5cm), inscribed with notes detailing colours to be used.
Provenance: Dawson Gallery, Dublin, Sotheby's, 16 March 1977 (Lot 128); James Adam, Dublin, 1978; Private Collection.
Literature: Hilary Pyle 'Jack B. Yeats: His Watercolours, Drawings & Pastels' No.727 (p.171), which states:
A design for a banner, similar in style to the cartoons for the Loughrea banners, 447 ff. It has been carried out with great proficiency, on nearly twice the scale, and is probably much later in date, contemporary with the banners commissioned by Mrs. Oliver St. John Gogarty for Renvyle House, Co Galway, c.1930. The identity of the figure in the design is uncertain. He is bearded with a halo, about four feet high, wearing a red tunic with blue collar; and he stands, holding a staff, beside the prow of a currach. Part of the design for a border, formed of intertwined ropes, has been carried out in the top left hand corner.
The figure may be St. Brendan, though in the Loughrea version he is represented wearing a brown habit and is already at sea in his coracle, as he is usually seen in pictorial versions of the legend. Alternatively it might be St. Colmcille, who was of royal blood and might have been imagined wearing a tunic for the journey of his exile in Iona. Again, he may be some other Celtic saint.
The cartoons for the four Gregory banners have not been traced. The subjects commissioned were St. Colmcille, St. Francis, St. Gobda or Gobnait and the Blessed Virgin (the St. Francis and the Blessed Virgin banners being seen last in the collection of Mrs. D. Williams, Tullamore, in 1968 worked in wool on silk poplin, each measuring 78.5 x 50, while the St. Colmcille is in the collection of the National Museum of Ireland. There is a possibility that this was a version of the S. Colmcille banner which was rejected in favour of a replica of the Loughrea banner, or, given its size, it may be quite separate from the Gogarty commission. The design is not known to have been executed.
CARTOON FOR A BANNER, PROBABLY ST. BRENDAN (c.1928)
Watercolour & mixed media on light brown paper, 61 1/2" x 42" (156 x 106.5cm), inscribed with notes detailing colours to be used.
Provenance: Dawson Gallery, Dublin, Sotheby's, 16 March 1977 (Lot 128); James Adam, Dublin, 1978; Private Collection.
Literature: Hilary Pyle 'Jack B. Yeats: His Watercolours, Drawings & Pastels' No.727 (p.171), which states:
A design for a banner, similar in style to the cartoons for the Loughrea banners, 447 ff. It has been carried out with great proficiency, on nearly twice the scale, and is probably much later in date, contemporary with the banners commissioned by Mrs. Oliver St. John Gogarty for Renvyle House, Co Galway, c.1930. The identity of the figure in the design is uncertain. He is bearded with a halo, about four feet high, wearing a red tunic with blue collar; and he stands, holding a staff, beside the prow of a currach. Part of the design for a border, formed of intertwined ropes, has been carried out in the top left hand corner.
The figure may be St. Brendan, though in the Loughrea version he is represented wearing a brown habit and is already at sea in his coracle, as he is usually seen in pictorial versions of the legend. Alternatively it might be St. Colmcille, who was of royal blood and might have been imagined wearing a tunic for the journey of his exile in Iona. Again, he may be some other Celtic saint.
The cartoons for the four Gregory banners have not been traced. The subjects commissioned were St. Colmcille, St. Francis, St. Gobda or Gobnait and the Blessed Virgin (the St. Francis and the Blessed Virgin banners being seen last in the collection of Mrs. D. Williams, Tullamore, in 1968 worked in wool on silk poplin, each measuring 78.5 x 50, while the St. Colmcille is in the collection of the National Museum of Ireland. There is a possibility that this was a version of the S. Colmcille banner which was rejected in favour of a replica of the Loughrea banner, or, given its size, it may be quite separate from the Gogarty commission. The design is not known to have been executed.
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PLEASE BID EARLY TO AVOID DISAPPOINTMENT.
In order to allow rival bidders the opportunity to respond to a late bid the following extensions will apply:
IF A BID IS RECEIVED WITHIN THE FINAL 45 SECONDS OF THE COUNTDOWN THE CLOCK WILL RESET TO 60 SECONDS.
At any point you can leave a maximum bid, representing the highest price you are prepared to pay for a particular lot. Bidding only advances when there is competition from a rival bidder. In that case the system bids on your behalf, only up to the maximum if required. All bids are relayed to you be email, along with notification if you have been outbid.
All maximum bids are confidential and not disclosed. The system will endeavor to purchase the lot for you for the least price. Bids are subject to buyer’s premium of 25% (incl vat), with no additional charges.
In the event of a tied bid, the preference will be given to the bid submitted first. The second bidder will receive immediate notification of being outbid.
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