Lot 110: John Butler Yeats RHA (1839-1922) SELF PORTRAIT,

John Butler Yeats RHA (1839-1922) SELF PORTRAIT, JUNE 1919 signed, inscribed 'New York' and dated lower right pencil and charcoal on paper 49 by 36cm., 19.25 by 14in. Provenance: Collection of J. M. Kerrigan; Thence by family descent This is one of a small number (approximately six) self portraits by John Butler Yeats drawn during the period 1919-22. The stance is more informal and candid than that of the October 1919 portrait (collection of William M. Murphy, the artist's biographer), without the quizzical tilt of the head seen in the 1921 portrait (Pyms Gallery, 2005) and the undated sketch in the National Gallery (NGI 6313). It belonged originally to Joseph Kerrigan (1884-1964), Abbey actor and film star, who settled permanently in Hollywood in 1935. It was left to an Irish cousin of his and has remained in the one family's possession since.