Jack Butler Yeats

Jack Butler Yeats

Irish · 1871–1957 · Painter

Jack Butler Yeats RHA was an Irish artist. Born into a family of impoverished Anglo-Irish landholders, his father was the painter John Butler Yeats, and his brother was the… (Wikipedia)

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  1. Broadside Characters with an introduction from Anne Yeats by Jack Butler Yeats, hardcover with hand-coloured plates - numbered 60 from an edition of 300, published by Cuala Press, Dublin, sold Mar 2023
    Broadside Characters with an introduction from Anne Yeats
    Multiple · ed. edition of 300
    Morgan O'Driscoll · · Lot 201
  2. Turf Cutter's Donkey by Patricia Lynch by Jack Butler Yeats, hardcover, first UK edition, 6th impression, 1943 - published by J.M. Dent and Sons Ltd, London - printed at the Temple , sold Mar 2023
    Turf Cutter's Donkey by Patricia Lynch
    Print (other)
    Morgan O'Driscoll · · Lot 203
  3. Fishing on the Rods, Ballycastle by Jack Butler Yeats, pencil on paper, sold Mar 2023
    Fishing on the Rods, Ballycastle
    Drawing · Paper
    11½ x 9cm (4.5 x 3.5in)
    Morgan O'Driscoll · · Lot 39
    €1,200≈ $1,280≈ £1,068HammerSign up free to seeView at Morgan O'Driscoll ↗
  4. THE ENTHUSIASTS, 1902
    Watercolor
    19 x 14½in. (48.26 x 36.83cm)
    Whyte's · · Lot 19
    €32,000≈ $34,067≈ £28,361HammerSign up free to seeEst. €20,000–30,000View at Whyte's ↗
  5. How Did You Get there? He Asked in Amazement Illustration from 'The Turf Cutter's Donkey' by Patricia Lynch by Jack Butler Yeats, watercolour and ink on paper, sold Jan 2023
    How Did You Get there? He Asked in Amazement Illustration from 'The Turf Cutter's Donkey' by Patricia Lynch
    Watercolor · Paper
    17½ x 24.60cm (6.9 x 9.7in)
    Morgan O'Driscoll · · Lot 10
    €9,000≈ $9,813≈ £7,918HammerSign up free to seeView at Morgan O'Driscoll ↗
  6. The Turf Cutter's Donkey by Jack Butler Yeats, watercolour and ink on paper, sold Jan 2023
    The Turf Cutter's Donkey
    Watercolor · Paper
    17.10 x 24.10cm (6.7 x 9.5in)
    Morgan O'Driscoll · · Lot 15
    €27,000≈ $29,438≈ £23,754HammerSign up free to seeView at Morgan O'Driscoll ↗
  7. La La Noo by Jack Butler Yeats, hardcover play script - from an edition of 240 - published by The Cuala Press, Dublin 1943, sold Jan 2023
    La La Noo
    Multiple · ed. edition of 240
    Morgan O'Driscoll · · Lot 180
  8. The Turf Cutter's Donkey by Patricia Lynch by Jack Butler Yeats, hardcover - published by J.M. Dent and Sons Ltd, London - printed at the Temple Press, Letchworth, sold Jan 2023
    The Turf Cutter's Donkey by Patricia Lynch
    Print (other)
    Morgan O'Driscoll · · Lot 189
  9. The Derelict by Jack Butler Yeats, 1910, watercolour on paper, sold Jan 2023
    The Derelict, 1910
    Watercolor · Paper
    34 x 23½cm (13.4 x 9.3in)
    Morgan O'Driscoll · · Lot 21
    €21,000≈ $22,896≈ £18,475HammerSign up free to seeView at Morgan O'Driscoll ↗
  10. "Jack B. Yeats: A catalogue Raisonné of the oil paintings" by Hilary Pyle London: André Deutsch by Jack Butler Yeats, 1992, Three volumes, 1856pp with 1822 illustrations, 111 in colour, from an edition limited to 1500, sold Jan 2023
    "Jack B. Yeats: A catalogue Raisonné of the oil paintings" by Hilary Pyle London: André Deutsch, 1992
    Three volumes, 1856pp with 1822 illustrations, 111 in colour, from an edition limited to 1500
    Morgan O'Driscoll · · Lot 242
    €1,200≈ $1,308≈ £1,056HammerSign up free to seeView at Morgan O'Driscoll ↗

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About Jack Butler Yeats

Jack Butler Yeats RHA was an Irish artist. Born into a family of impoverished Anglo-Irish landholders, his father was the painter John Butler Yeats, and his brother was the poet W. B. Yeats. Jack B. was born in London but was raised in County Sligo with his maternal grandparents, before returning to London in 1887 to live with his parents. Afterwards he travelled frequently between the two countries; while in Ireland he lived mainly in Greystones, County Wicklow and in Dublin city.

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