Modern British & 20th Century Art - 31st May 2022
Lot 23
‡Siegfried Sassoon (1886-1967)
Estimate £400 - £600 | Hammer £850
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Description
‡Siegfried Sassoon (1886-1967)
Portrait of William Butler Yeats
Pencil and watercolour on a pamphlet entitled A BIRTHDAY PRESENTATION TO WILLIAM BUTLER YEATS
17.6 x 12.7cm (folded)
Unframed
Provenance:
Siegfried Sassoon;
And by family descent
The pamphlet on which Siegfried Sassoon has executed the present work invites 'the Painters, Sculptors, Musicians and Writers of this Country...to show their admiration of the Poet by contributing to a Birthday Gift to him.'