Irish Art, including Property from the Collection of Sir Michael Smurfit

Irish Art, including Property from the Collection of Sir Michael Smurfit

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Property from the Collection of Sir Michael Smurfit

JACK B. YEATS, R.H.A. | BALLYCASTLE BAY

Auction Closed

September 9, 02:37 PM GMT

Estimate

24,000 - 32,000 GBP

Lot Details

Description

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)