Jack Butler Yeats, R.H.A. (1871-1957)

Old Walls

细节

Jack Butler Yeats, R.H.A. (1871-1957)
Old Walls
signed 'JACK B/YEATS' (lower right), inscribed 'OLD WALLS' (inside the stretcher)
oil on canvas
18 x 24 in. (45.8 x 61 cm.)
Painted in 1945

来源

Purchased by S. Courtauld at the 1946 exhibition, thence by descent to the present owner.

出版

H. Pyle, Jack B. Yeats A Catalogue Raisonn of the Oil Paintings II, London, 1992, no.722.

展览

London, Wildenstein, Jack B. Yeats Oil Paintings, February-March 1946, no.8.
Edinburgh, Royal Scottish Academy Galleries, Society of Scottish Artists 52nd Exhibition, Spring 1946, no.161.
Leeds, Temple Newsam House, Jack B. Yeats Loan Exhibition, June-August 1948, no.52: this exhibition travelled to London, Tate Gallery, August-September 1948.

拍品专文

An old man stands, leaning wearily on his walking stick. The sun shines from behind him, casting his elongated shadow against a wall. Even with the heat of the sun he is worn out, aged like the walls. He longs to know what the other side holds but his is too weak and old to go there and just stands and ponders.