The Train through the Wood

細節

Jack Butler Yeats, R.H.A. (1871-1957)
The Train through the Wood
signed 'JACK B YEATS' (upper right) and inscribed 'THE TRAIN THROUGH/THE WOOD (on the reverse)
oil on board
9 x 14 in. (22.8 x 35.5 cm.)
Painted in 1925. This work is listed in the artist's Log Book I under 'T'.

來源

Purchased by Harry Hall at the 1928 exhibition.
with Arthur Tooth & Sons, London.
Private collection.
Peter O'Toole, London.

出版

H. Pyle, Jack B. Yeats A Catalogue Raisonné of the Oil Paintings I, London, 1992, p. 249, no. 275, illustrated, and III, p. 117, illustrated.

展覽

Dublin, Engineer's Hall, Jack B. Yeats, October 1925, no. 29.
London, Tooth Gallery, Jack B. Yeats: Paintings, March - April 1928, no. 19.
Dublin, R.H.A. Gallagher Gallery, Jack B. Yeats, February - March 1995, no. 6.
Manchester, City Art Galleries, Jack B. Yeats: A Celtic Visionary, March - April 1996, no. 1: this exhibition travelled to Leeds, City Art Gallery, April - June 1996; Belfast, Ormeau Baths Gallery, June - July 1996.

注意事項

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拍品專文

In 1921, Yeats made a sketch that directly relates to the present lot, from sketchbook 204. Interestingly this present work does not depict the outside scenery that surrounds the train but the claustrophobic nature of the inside of the carriage.