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Who is John Butler Yeats?

1. Prodigal Son
2. Memorial Lecture at the RHA
3. The Most Stimulating Mind
4. In Spring Days
5. Attentive Gaze

Prodigal Son

Inscribed George Moore. George Moore half-length in profile turned to his right. Dated by Joseph Hone in J.B. Yeats, Letters to His Son W.B. Yeats and Others (1944). This sketch was made in the Kildare Street Club, Dublin purportedly as a study for the oil painting now in the National Gallery of Ireland.

Formerly owned by Pat and Antoinette Murphy of Ireland. Present whereabouts unknown.

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Memorial Lecture at the RHA

Inscribed G Moore giving his memorial lecture at the RHA. George Moore half-length, reading from manuscript held in his left hand.

Moore’s lecture on impressionism was invited by Hugh Lane and read at the Royal Hibernian Academy, Dublin, in December 1904.

Owned by the Henry W. and Albert A. Berg Collection of English and American Literature, New York Public Library, USA.

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The Most Stimulating Mind

Signed: JB Yeats 1905. George Moore half-length turned slightly to his left, looking downward.

John Butler Yeats purportedly described Moore as ‘the most stimulating mind I ever met’.

Provenance and exhibition history on the owner’s page. Owned by the National Gallery of Ireland, Dublin, Ireland.

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In Spring Days

Inscribed August 1st, 1905. George Moore half-length half-turned to his right. Captioned In the collection of John Quinn, Esq.

Published in George Moore, Spring Days, Carra Edition (New York, 1922).

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Attentive Gaze

George Moore’s face.

Present whereabouts unknown.