Irish Art, including Property from the Collection of Sir Michael Smurfit
Irish Art, including Property from the Collection of Sir Michael Smurfit
Property from the Collection of Sir Michael Smurfit
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September 9, 02:37 PM GMT
Estimate
24,000 - 32,000 GBP
Lot Details
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Property from the Collection of Sir Michael Smurfit
JACK B. YEATS, R.H.A.
1871-1957
BALLYCASTLE BAY
signed l.r.: JACK B. YEATS
oil on board
23 by 35.5cm., 9 by 14in.
Painted in 1909.
Sold by the artist to Leo Smith, January 1944;
John A. Costello, Dublin;
Purchased c.1980
Life in the West of Ireland, 1912, p.89, illustrated;
Hilary Pyle, Jack B Yeats, A Catalogue Raisonné of the Oil Paintings, Andre Deutsch, 1992, Vol. I, no.6, p.7
Dublin, Leinster Hall, Pictures of Life in the West of Ireland, 8 - 21 December 1910, no.24;
London, Walker Art Gallery, Pictures of Life in the West of Ireland, 1 - 13 July 1912, no.18;
Paris, Salon des Indépendants, March 1913
Scranton, Pennsylvania, Jack B. Yeats: Vision of Ireland, 20 September 1995 - 9 February 1996, with tour to Queens Museum of Art, NY (lent by Sir Michael Smurfit)