Morgan O'Driscoll Irish & International Art Auction 30th April 2018 at 6pm

I RISH & I NTERNATIONAL A RT A UCTION M ONDAY 30 TH A PRIL 2018 AT 6.00 PM 31 John Butler Yeats RHA ( - ) PORTRAIT OF A YOUNG LADY oil on canvas 61 x 51cm (24.02 x 20.08in) Provenance: Yeats Family Collection; Dawson Gallery, Dublin (framing label verso); Private Collection Usually it is the children of famous parents who struggle to escape from their shadow, but John Butler Yeats seemed to reverse this proposition. A barrister by training and a gifted portrait artist by nature, he produced a great deal of work in sketch form: brilliant and lively responses to a galaxy of sitters, but in the form of small, hard-to-reproduce drawings. He was almost reluctant to make finished paintings, but this excellent portrait of a young lady is a salutary reminder of his outstanding ability. €8,000-12,000 (£6,956-10,434)