Standing man

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Jack Butler Yeats, R.H.A. (1871-1957)
Standing man
signed 'JACK.B.YEATS' (lower right)
black ink and watercolour on card; unframed
10 3/8 x 7¼ in. (26.4 x 18.5 cm.)

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Lot Essay

Between 1898 and 1902 Jack Butler Yeats spent a few weeks a year on the Aran Islands, which lie off the coast of Galway.

The present watercolour depicts a man wearing 'pampooties', the distinctive footwear typically worn by the islanders.

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