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READING BY CANDLELIGHT
Jack Butler Yeats (Irish, 1871–1957)
€4,000 hammer
≈ $4,235≈ £3,411
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- Medium
- Drawing (ink) · Works on paper all drawing results →As published: “ink”
- Signed / inscribed
- Signed lower right
- Category
- Drawings
- Dimensions
- 3¼ x 6½in. (8.26 x 16.51cm)
- Auction house
- Whyte's
- Sale
- Irish & International Art (799)
- Date
- February 27, 2017
- Location
- Dublin, Ireland
- Lot
- 29
- Estimate
- €1,500 – €2,000 (≈ $1,588 – $2,117) (≈ £1,279 – £1,706)
- Source
- Auction house whytes.ie ↗Retrieved Sep 25, 2026
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Whyte's · Dec 15, 2025€1,800 ≈ $2,116 ≈ £1,580Sign up free to see price
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