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PROPERTY FROM A DISTINGUISHED BRITISH COLLECTION
JACK BUTLER YEATS, R.H.A. (1871-1957)
The Clown of Ocean
Details
JACK BUTLER YEATS, R.H.A. (1871-1957)
The Clown of Ocean
signed 'JACK B YEATS' (lower left), inscribed 'THE CLOWN/ OF OCEAN' (on the reverse)
oil on canvas
14 x 21 in. (35.6 x 53.3 cm.)
Painted in 1945.
The Clown of Ocean
signed 'JACK B YEATS' (lower left), inscribed 'THE CLOWN/ OF OCEAN' (on the reverse)
oil on canvas
14 x 21 in. (35.6 x 53.3 cm.)
Painted in 1945.
Provenance
with Victor Waddington Galleries, Dublin, where purchased by Walter Armytage in December 1945.
His sale; Sotheby's, London, 17 July 1963, lot 137.
Peter O'Toole, London.
Mrs J.R. McIntyre, London.
His sale; Sotheby's, London, 17 July 1963, lot 137.
Peter O'Toole, London.
Mrs J.R. McIntyre, London.
Literature
T.G. Rosenthal, The Art of Jack B. Yeats, London, 1993, pp. 114, 284, no. 72, illustrated.
H. Pyle, Jack B. Yeats: A Catalogue Raisonné of the Oil Paintings, Vol. II, London, 1992, p. 654, no. 727, illustrated.
H. Pyle, Jack B. Yeats: A Catalogue Raisonné of the Oil Paintings, Vol. II, London, 1992, p. 654, no. 727, illustrated.
Exhibited
Dublin, Waddington Galleries, RHA Gallagher Gallery, Jack B. Yeats, February - March 1995, no. 31.
Manchester, City Art Galleries, Jack B. Yeats: A Celtic Visionary, March - April 1996, n.p., no. 13, illustrated: this exhibition travelled to Leeds, City Art Galleries, April - June 1996; and Belfast, Ormeau Baths Gallery, June - July 1996.
London, Waddington Galleries, Jack B. Yeats: Paintings and Works on Paper, November - December 1996, n.p., no. 10, illustrated.
Manchester, City Art Galleries, Jack B. Yeats: A Celtic Visionary, March - April 1996, n.p., no. 13, illustrated: this exhibition travelled to Leeds, City Art Galleries, April - June 1996; and Belfast, Ormeau Baths Gallery, June - July 1996.
London, Waddington Galleries, Jack B. Yeats: Paintings and Works on Paper, November - December 1996, n.p., no. 10, illustrated.
Offerto da
Pippa Jacomb
Head of Evening Sale