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 43 Jack Butler Yeats RHA ( - ) THE BOLD CAPTAIN FRENAY I signed lower right watercolour and ink on paper 13 x 17cm (5.12 x 6.69in) Provenance: Acquired directly from the artist in June 1955; By Descent €5,000-7,000 (£4,347-6,086) Jack Butler Yeats RHA ( - ) THE BOLD CAPTAIN FRENAY II signed lower right and titled on reverse watercolour and ink on paper 17.5 x 13.5cm (6.89 x 5.31in) Provenance: Acquired directly from the artist in June 1955; By Descent €5,000-7,000 (£4,347-6,086) In 1955 an art lover made out a cheque for £25 to Jack B. Yeats - and took home a prize, two early watercolours. A typewritten note on the back of lot 42 is a textbook lesson for the aspiring collector for it gives in great detail the circumstances in which the purchase was made. “He showed me several of his latest impressionist type of oil paintings, priced at that time £100. But I wanted one of his earlier works (of the style in the Irish Grammar books that he illustrated). After a search he discovered these two at the back of a curtained shelf. They were already framed. When I challenged him that they might be a print from the Cuala Press he said ‘Anyone can tell that these are original!’