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Romantic Shades

Pen and Ink 40 x 56cm (15 1/2 x 22 1/2”)

Signed and Inscribed; together with two pencil studies/key to same (various sizes) (3)

Provenance: Victor Waddington Galleries, London, 1973 where acquired by the present owners

Exhibition: London, The Waddington Galleries III, Jack B. Yeats, Watercolours and Drawings, 1973, cat. nos. 30-31

Literature: “A Broadside” No. 12 Third year (May 1911) The Different Worlds of Jack B. Yeats: His Cartoons and Illustrations, Hilary Pyle

1994, no. 1848, p.255

The drawing gathers together some literary characters who influenced the artist’s imagination including Don Quixote, Wan Lee, Omar

Khayam, Harvey Duff, Falstaff, Willie Reilly and Champagne Charlie.

€ 3,000 - 5,000