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Lily Yeats
Fisa Playing His Harp, after a design by Boris Anrep 96 x 74 cm. (38 x 28 in.)
Found at
Bonhams,
Dublin (Online Auction)
The Irish SaleVision & Voice, Lot 43
17. Nov - 28. Nov 2023
The Irish SaleVision & Voice, Lot 43
17. Nov - 28. Nov 2023
Estimate: 1.000 - 1.500 EUR
Price realised: 2.432 EUR
Price realised: 2.432 EUR
Description
Lily Yeats (Irish, 1866-1949)
Fisa Playing His Harp, after a design by Boris Anrep
signed and inscribed in Lily Yeats' hand, 'Anrep, Fisa Playing his Harp, worked by Lily Yeats, not for sale, copies 15 gns. Lent by W.B. Yeats' (on a Cuala Industries label verso) and further inscribed in the poet's hand, 'W.B. Yeats, 82 Merrion Square' with a later label, 'Please return to Anne Yeats'
cloth embroidered in coloured silks and wool
96 x 74 cm. (38 x 28 in.)
W.B. Yeats, from whom acquired by | Anne Yeats | Her sale, H.O.K., 19 November 2002, lot 579, where purchased by the present vendor
Fisa Playing His Harp, after a design by Boris Anrep
signed and inscribed in Lily Yeats' hand, 'Anrep, Fisa Playing his Harp, worked by Lily Yeats, not for sale, copies 15 gns. Lent by W.B. Yeats' (on a Cuala Industries label verso) and further inscribed in the poet's hand, 'W.B. Yeats, 82 Merrion Square' with a later label, 'Please return to Anne Yeats'
cloth embroidered in coloured silks and wool
96 x 74 cm. (38 x 28 in.)
W.B. Yeats, from whom acquired by | Anne Yeats | Her sale, H.O.K., 19 November 2002, lot 579, where purchased by the present vendor
Upper estimate price exceeded by 62 %.
The work Fisa Playing His Harp, after a design by Boris Anrep 96 x 74 cm. (38 x 28 in.) by Lily Yeats was sold in the The Irish SaleVision & Voice auction at Bonhams in Dublin in November this year. The »bidding war« ended at EUR 2,432.00 62% above the upper estimate. Admittedly, works by Lily Yeats have also been auctioned for a multiple of this price - according to our records, the highest result so far was achieved by the work Three Embroideries in September 2017 with an auction result of GBP 8,750.00 (€ 9,926.99).
Oberer Schätzpreis um 62 % übertroffen
Die Arbeit Fisa Playing His Harp, after a design by Boris Anrep 96 x 74 cm. (38 x 28 in.) von Lily Yeats wurde im November diesen Jahres in der Auktion The Irish SaleVision & Voice bei Bonhams in Dublin versteigert. Das »Bietergefecht« endete beim Preis von EUR 2.432,00 und damit 62% über dem oberen Schätzpreis. Freilich wurden Arbeiten von Lily Yeats auch schon für ein Vielfaches dieses Preises versteigert – das bisher höchste Ergebnis erzielte nach unseren Aufzeichnungen die Arbeit Three Embroideries im September 2017 mit einem Auktionsergebnis von GBP 8.750,00 (€ 9.926,99).