Details
Jack Butler Yeats, R.H.A. (1871-1957)
The Soldier's Son
signed 'JACK B YEATS' (lower right) and inscribed 'THE SOLDIER'S SON' (on the inside of the stretcher)
oil on canvas
18 x 24 in. (45.7 x 61 cm.)
Painted in 1945.
Provenance
with Victor Waddington Galleries, 1947.
Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, London, 21 May 1986, lot 228.
with Waddington Galleries, London.
Literature
H. Pyle, Jack B.Yeats A Catalogue Raisonné of the Oil Paintings II, London, 1992, p. 631, no. 698, illustrated, and III, p. 310, illustrated.
Exhibited
Limerick, Goodwin Galleries, Jack B Yeats Paintings, September 1945, no. 15.
London, Wildenstein, Jack B Yeats Oil Paintings, February - March 1946, no. 9.
London, Waddington Galleries, Jack B Yeats, May - June 1987, no. 10.
The Hague, Haags Gemeentmuseum, Jack B Yeats The Late Paintings, June - September 1991.
Special notice
No VAT will be charged on the hammer price, but VAT at 17.5% will be added to the buyer's premium, which is invoiced on a VAT inclusive basis.
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