Artist: Jack Butler Yeats RHA (1871-1957) Title: The Turf Cutter's Donkey Signature: signed 'JACK B YEATS' lower right Medium: watercolour and ink on paper Size: 17.10 x 24.10cm (6.7 x 9.5in) Framed Size: 39.5 x 45cm (15.6 x 17.7in) Provenance: Estate of the artist; Victor Waddington, London; Waddington Galleries, London; J. H. Mount, Kent (purchased from the above c.1968); Private Collection, UK; Waddington Galleries, London; The Irish Art Project, on behalf of Theo Waddington; Private Collection Exhibited: Waddington Galleries London, 'Jack B Yeats, Paintings, Drawings and Watercolours', 16th November - 17th December no. 24 Literature: Hilary Pyle 'Jack B. Yeats, A Biography', Andre Deutsch, London 1970 (revised edition published 1989), p.150 not repro.); Hilary Pyle, 'The Different Worlds of Jack B. Yeats, His Cartoons and Illustrations, Irish Academic Press, Dublin, 1994, no. 1438, pp.43 and 199 (repro. in black & white p.199); Bruce Arnould, 'Jack Yeats', Yale university Press, New Haven and London, 1988, p.263 (not repro.) Patricia Lynch 'The Turf Cutters Donkey', Illustrated by Jack B. Yeats, London, 1934. (re-issued in Irish in 1944) Illustrated on the title page a#morebtn { color: #de1d01; } a#morebtn:hover { cursor: pointer;} Commissioned for Patricia Lynchs 1934 Irish fantasy novel The Turf-Cutters Donkey, this pen and ink drawing was reproduced as a frontispiece, facing the title page, and captioned There were the lights of home shining through the darkness Drawn with Yeatss characteristic brio, with even the slend... Read more Jack Butler Yeats Lot 15 - 'The Turf Cutter's Donkey' Estimate: €15,000 - €25,000 Commissioned for Patricia Lynchs 1934 Irish fantasy novel The Turf-Cutters Donkey, this pen and ink drawing was reproduced as a frontispiece, facing the title page, and captioned There were the lights of home shining through the darkness Drawn with Yeatss characteristic brio, with even the slenderest of lines playing an important role, the drawing depicts the moment when Seamus and his sister Eileen, returning home from the fair, see their cottage in the distance. Night has fallen and Eileen is half-asleep, but their donkey Long Ears, aided by the leprechaun, has brought them safely home. In the back of the cart is a walking stick, made of clove rock, that Eileen won at the fair, as well as food that the leprechaun has magically provided for them. Peter Murray, January 2023
Artist: Jack Butler Yeats RHA (1871-1957) Title: The Turf Cutter's Donkey Signature: signed 'JACK B YEATS' lower right Medium: watercolour and ink on paper Size: 17.10 x 24.10cm (6.7 x 9.5in) Framed Size: 39.5 x 45cm (15.6 x 17.7in) Provenance: Estate of the artist; Victor Waddington, London; Waddington Galleries, London; J. H. Mount, Kent (purchased from the above c.1968); Private Collection, UK; Waddington Galleries, London; The Irish Art Project, on behalf of Theo Waddington; Private Collection Exhibited: Waddington Galleries London, 'Jack B Yeats, Paintings, Drawings and Watercolours', 16th November - 17th December no. 24 Literature: Hilary Pyle 'Jack B. Yeats, A Biography', Andre Deutsch, London 1970 (revised edition published 1989), p.150 not repro.); Hilary Pyle, 'The Different Worlds of Jack B. Yeats, His Cartoons and Illustrations, Irish Academic Press, Dublin, 1994, no. 1438, pp.43 and 199 (repro. in black & white p.199); Bruce Arnould, 'Jack Yeats', Yale university Press, New Haven and London, 1988, p.263 (not repro.) Patricia Lynch 'The Turf Cutters Donkey', Illustrated by Jack B. Yeats, London, 1934. (re-issued in Irish in 1944) Illustrated on the title page a#morebtn { color: #de1d01; } a#morebtn:hover { cursor: pointer;} Commissioned for Patricia Lynchs 1934 Irish fantasy novel The Turf-Cutters Donkey, this pen and ink drawing was reproduced as a frontispiece, facing the title page, and captioned There were the lights of home shining through the darkness Drawn with Yeatss characteristic brio, with even the slend... Read more Jack Butler Yeats Lot 15 - 'The Turf Cutter's Donkey' Estimate: €15,000 - €25,000 Commissioned for Patricia Lynchs 1934 Irish fantasy novel The Turf-Cutters Donkey, this pen and ink drawing was reproduced as a frontispiece, facing the title page, and captioned There were the lights of home shining through the darkness Drawn with Yeatss characteristic brio, with even the slenderest of lines playing an important role, the drawing depicts the moment when Seamus and his sister Eileen, returning home from the fair, see their cottage in the distance. Night has fallen and Eileen is half-asleep, but their donkey Long Ears, aided by the leprechaun, has brought them safely home. In the back of the cart is a walking stick, made of clove rock, that Eileen won at the fair, as well as food that the leprechaun has magically provided for them. Peter Murray, January 2023
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