Lot 77: John Butler Yeats (1839-1922) Self Portrait

John Butler Yeats (1839-1922) Self Portrait Pencil, 50 x 37.5cm (19½ x 14¾'') Signed and dated 1921 Provenance: Collection of the Yeats family, by descent from the artist Inscribed on backing board in the hand of the New York lawyer John Quinn, 'Kindly wrap in cardboard & return to /John Butler Yeats/ 317 West 29th'. One of a number of self-portrait studies composed while Yeats was working on his final (and ultimately unfinished) self-portrait in oils. John Quinn financed and looked after Yeats during his final years in New York. West 29th street was the address of the Petipas boarding house where Yeats had a room.