Irish Art, including Property from the Collection of Sir Michael Smurfit

Irish Art, including Property from the Collection of Sir Michael Smurfit

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Property from the Yeats Family

HARRY KERNOFF, R.H.A. | P.S. O'HEGARTY

Artist's Resale Right

Auction Closed

September 9, 02:37 PM GMT

Estimate

800 - 1,200 GBP

Lot Details

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Description

Property from the Yeats Family

HARRY KERNOFF, R.H.A.

1900-1974

P.S. O'HEGARTY


signed and dated u.r.: Kernoff/ 29

pastel

40.5 by 30.5cm., 16 by 12in.

Patrick O’Hegarty (1879-1955) was a prolific writer and essayist, promoting the Irish language and Irish self-reliance. He was a great admirer of William Butler Yeats. As an avid collector of his poetry and plays, he also supported Yeats’ work for the Abbey Theatre and his opposition to censorship. O’Hegarty’s daughter, Grainne, went on to marry Yeats’ son Michael.