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The Library of a Deceased Irish Collector
Lot 238*,AR

YEATS (W.B.)
JOHN (AUGUSTUS) William Butler Yeats: Fifth Plate, 1907

24 June 2015, 11:00 BST
London, Knightsbridge

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YEATS (W.B.)

JOHN (AUGUSTUS) William Butler Yeats: Fifth Plate, etching with drypoint, on wove, signed by the artist in pencil, from the edition of 50, inscribed beneath the mount "W.B. Yeats (5th plate)/ Imp. No 25/50", framed and glazed [Campbell Dodgson 28 iv], image to view 180 x 128mm., 1907

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One of 50 signed impressions of the highly regarded fourth and final state of Augustus John's portrait of Yeats. "John was one of the great portrait painters of his age; he was also one of its most original etchers, and where he combined both arts, as here, the results are extraordinarily successful. In his portrait of Yeats there is an added dimension, for in it he depicted one of the greatest of his literary contemporaries" (Raymond Lister, Great Images of British Printmaking, 1978, pp.58-59). It has not been examined out of the frame, but a photocopy of the original mount is supplied with the lot, showing the edition details.

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