Irish Art
Irish Art
Auction Closed
November 19, 03:20 PM GMT
Estimate
5,000 - 7,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
JACK BUTLER YEATS, R.H.A.
1871-1957
BUNGAY 1896, 'THE TIPPLER RUSH'
signed and dated l.l.: JACK B/ YEATS 96.
watercolour and gouache
19 by 31cm., 7½ by 12¼in.
J. C. Miles;
Mrs G Miles, Yarmouth;
Private collection
Hilary Pyle, Jack B. Yeats, His Watercolours, Drawings and Pastels, Dublin, 1993, no.14, p.60
Bungay is located on the border between Norfolk and Suffolk, and this watercolour was likely given by Yeats to his friend J. C. Miles when sailing with him at Great Yarmouth.