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Jack Butler Yeats: career timeline

Irish · 1871–1957 · Works grouped by the decade they were made (the cataloged date, or a date in the signature or title), not by sale date. 338 of 932 lots (35% of works) have a usable creation date; the others are listed at the end by the decade they were sold. Each work is shown once, even when it sold more than once.

Jack Butler Yeats: works at auction by decade the work was made. Each work counted once; medians use sold works only, in US dollars.
Decade madeWorksSoldMedian sold priceMain medium
1890s5752$2.2kSign upWatercolor
1900s9173$7kSign upWatercolor
1910s5045$4.7kSign upWatercolor
1920s1715$115kSign upOil
1930s2927$1.9kSign upOther
1940s4641$94.7kSign upOil
1950s2524$2kSign upOil

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1890s 57 works

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52 of 57
Median
$2.2kSign up
Average
$5.4kSign up
Typical size
5 × 5 in (13 × 13 cm)
Mediums
Watercolor (39), Drawing (10), Lithograph (5)
Subjects
Figures & portraits (4), Landscapes (3), Boats (2)
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…and 33 more works from this group in the full results list.

1900s 91 works

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73 of 91
Median
$7kSign up
Average
$10.9kSign up
Typical size
9.5 × 8.5 in (24 × 22 cm)
Mediums
Watercolor (44), Drawing (15), Gouache (9)
Subjects
Figures & portraits (9), Cattle & animals (2), Beach scenes (2)
Show 12 more (1900s)

…and 67 more works from this group in the full results list.

1910s 50 works

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45 of 50
Median
$4.7kSign up
Average
$15.7kSign up
Typical size
8.5 × 7 in (21 × 18 cm)
Mediums
Watercolor (14), Drawing (12), Other (10)
Subjects
Cattle & animals (4), Landscapes (1), Sunsets & night (1)
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…and 26 more works from this group in the full results list.

1920s 17 works

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15 of 17
Median
$115kSign up
Average
$119kSign up
Typical size
9 × 14 in (23 × 36 cm)
Mediums
Oil (12), Other (2), Watercolor (2)
Subjects
Landscapes (1), Figures & portraits (1), Sea & coast (1)
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1930s 29 works

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27 of 29
Median
$1.9kSign up
Average
$144kSign up
Typical size
6.5 × 14 in (17 × 36 cm)
Mediums
Other (12), Oil (7), Drawing (5)
Subjects
Beach scenes (8), Rivers & marshes (1), Markets & villages (1)
Show 12 more (1930s)

…and 5 more works from this group in the full results list.

1940s 46 works

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41 of 46
Median
$94.7kSign up
Average
$118kSign up
Typical size
9 × 14 in (23 × 36 cm)
Mediums
Oil (31), Drawing (7), Other (5)
Subjects
Sunsets & night (5), Figures & portraits (4), Cattle & animals (3)
Show 12 more (1940s)

…and 22 more works from this group in the full results list.

1950s 25 works

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24 of 25
Median
$2kSign up
Average
$147kSign up
Typical size
12.5 × 18.5 in (32 × 46 cm)
Mediums
Oil (10), Multiple (5), Lithograph (5)
Subjects
Landscapes (7), Cattle & animals (2), Rivers & marshes (1)
Show 12 more (1950s)

…and 1 more works from this group in the full results list.

Creation date not recorded

582 works have no cataloged or signed date. They are grouped here by the decade they were last sold, which says nothing about when they were made.

Undated, sold in the 2000s 71 works

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62 of 71
Median
$2kSign up
Average
$6.8kSign up
Typical size
6 × 8 in (15 × 20 cm)
Mediums
Print (other) (21), Drawing (18), Other (11)
Subjects
Beach scenes (6), Sunsets & night (5), Markets & villages (5)
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…and 59 more works from this group in the full results list.

Undated, sold in the 2010s 219 works

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182 of 219
Median
$1.4kSign up
Average
$12.2kSign up
Typical size
5 × 6 in (13 × 15 cm)
Mediums
Watercolor (66), Other (60), Print (other) (43)
Subjects
Sunsets & night (15), Figures & portraits (13), Markets & villages (11)
Show 6 more (2010s)

…and 207 more works from this group in the full results list.

Undated, sold in the 2020s 292 works

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274 of 292
Median
$926Sign up
Average
$5.4kSign up
Typical size
5 × 5 in (13 × 13 cm)
Mediums
Print (other) (85), Watercolor (67), Other (58)
Subjects
Markets & villages (18), Figures & portraits (16), Sunsets & night (7)
Show 6 more (2020s)

…and 280 more works from this group in the full results list.

Medians and averages count sold works only (each work's most recent sale), in US dollars at the sale-date rate. Works cataloged as “attributed to”, “circle of” or similar are left out. All Jack Butler Yeats auction results →