Susan Mary 'Lily' Yeats

A Patinated Bronze Figural Desk Seal, 19Th Century, The Matrix With Intaglio Of The 'Metal Man'

Found at Sothebys, London
Yeats: The Family Collection, Lot 143
27. Sep - 27. Sep 2017
Estimate: 3.000 - 5.000 GBP
Price realised: 3.500 GBP
Susan Mary 'Lily' Yeats
1866 - 1949
A PATINATED BRONZE FIGURAL DESK SEAL, 19TH CENTURY, THE MATRIX WITH INTAGLIO OF THE 'METAL MAN'
"The man on the pedestal in the middle of the river is The Metal Man, and he points to where the water is deep enough for ships" (W.B. Yeats, Reveries Over Childhood and Youth, Dublin, 1915)
The Metal Man is located at Rosses Point, the entrance to Sligo Harbour. As a symbol of Sligo he was important to the Yeats children and Jack was to include the twelve foot high figure in numerous drawings including 'Memory Harbour', the original of which he gave to W.B. Yeats and which was included as one of the plates to accompany the Cuala Press edition of Reveries Over Childhood and Youth.
Lily Yeats' bookplate, designed by Jack (see lot 187) was to incorporate the Metal Man reading a book and this design was evidently used by Lily as a desk seal.
9.5 by 2cm.; 3 3/4 by 3/4 in.

Auction result well in line with expectations

The work A Patinated Bronze Figural Desk Seal, 19Th Century, The Matrix With Intaglio Of The 'Metal Man' by Lily Yeats was sold in the Yeats: The Family Collection auction at Sothebys in London in September 2017. The estimated price for the artwork was previously given by the auction house with a range of GBP 3,000.00 – 5,000.00, the actual price achieved of GBP 3,500.00 (€ 3,970.79) could thus just exceed the lower estimate. However, buyers have had to dig much deeper into their pockets for other works by Lily Yeats - we have observed the highest auction result to date for the work Three Embroideries, which sold at auction in September 2017 for GBP 8,750.00 (€ 9,926.99).

Auktionsergebnis im Rahmen der Erwartungen

Die Arbeit A Patinated Bronze Figural Desk Seal, 19Th Century, The Matrix With Intaglio Of The 'Metal Man' von Lily Yeats wurde im September 2017 in der Auktion Yeats: The Family Collection bei Sothebys in London versteigert. Der Schätzpreis für das Kunstwerk wurde von dem Auktionshaus zuvor mit einer Spanne von GBP 3.000,00 – 5.000,00 angegeben, der tatsächlich erzielte Preis von GBP 3.500,00 (€ 3.970,79) konnte den unteren Schätzpreis somit knapp übertreffen. Für andere Arbeiten von Lily Yeats mussten die Käufer allerdings auch schon deutlich tiefer in die Tasche greifen – das bisher höchste Auktionsergebnis haben wir für die Arbeit Three Embroideries beobachtet, die im September 2017 für GBP 8.750,00 (€ 9.926,99) versteigert wurde.

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