John Butler Yeats Oil Paintings: Value & Auction Prices

1839–1922

ArtSell has recorded 16 auction results for John Butler Yeats oil paintings between 2005 and 2025, and 15 of them sold (94%). Half of the priced sales fell between $4.2kSign up free to see and $11kSign up free to see, with a median of $5.9kSign up free to see. PORTRAIT OF LILY YEATS AT BEDFORD PARK, LONDON holds the top price on file: $22.7kSign up free to see at Whyte's (April 2008). Sales were recorded mainly at Whyte's (8), Morgan O'Driscoll (6) and deVeres (2).

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All oil paintings results

1. 
   PORTRAIT OF A LADY, MAY, 1909

   Oil · Canvas

   18¼ x 14in. (46.36 x 35.56cm)

   Whyte's · Sep 29, 2025 · Lot 16
   €3,000≈ $3,517≈ £2,617HammerSign up free to seeEst. €4,000–6,000View at Whyte's ↗
2. 
   Portrait of Jenny Yeats

   Oil · Canvas

   49½ x 39½cm (19.5 x 15.6in)

   Morgan O'Driscoll · Apr 8, 2025 · Lot 90
   €5,400≈ $5,913≈ £4,625HammerSign up free to seeView at Morgan O'Driscoll ↗
3. 
   Portrait Of Padraic Colum

   Oil · Canvas

   46 x 35.5cm

   deVeres · Jun 13, 2023 · Lot 26
   €4,000≈ $4,317≈ £3,434HammerSign up free to seeEst. €4,000–6,000View at deVeres ↗
4. 
   Dog on a Bearskin

   Oil · Canvas

   32 x 50.20cm (12.6 x 19.8in)

   Morgan O'Driscoll · May 22, 2023 · Lot 59
   €2,800≈ $3,030≈ £2,432HammerSign up free to seeView at Morgan O'Driscoll ↗
5. 
   DOG ON A BEARSKIN

   Oil · Canvas

   13 x 19¾in. (33.02 x 50.17cm)

   Whyte's · Mar 6, 2023 · Lot 109
   €2,300≈ $2,449≈ £2,038HammerSign up free to seeEst. €1,500–2,000View at Whyte's ↗
6. 
   Portrait of a Lady

   Oil · Canvas

   76.30 x 63.20cm (30 x 24.9in)

   Morgan O'Driscoll · Jun 20, 2022 · Lot 47
   €5,600≈ $5,890≈ £4,802HammerSign up free to seeView at Morgan O'Driscoll ↗
7. 
   Portrait Of George Pollexfen (The Artists' Brother-In-Law)

   Oil · Canvas

   77 x 64cm

   deVeres · Mar 29, 2022 · Lot 147
   €4,500≈ $4,988≈ £3,800HammerSign up free to seeEst. €5,000–7,000View at deVeres ↗
8. 
   PORTRAIT OF A MAN, THOUGHT TO BE JOHN MILLINGTON SYNGE

   Oil · Board

   12¼ x 9¼in. (31.12 x 23½cm)

   Whyte's · Mar 7, 2022 · Lot 27
   €8,500≈ $9,261≈ £7,023HammerSign up free to seeEst. €8,000–12,000View at Whyte's ↗
9. 
   Portrait of George Pollexfen (The artist's brother-in-law)

   Oil · Canvas

   77 x 64cm (30.3 x 25.2in)

   Morgan O'Driscoll · Oct 26, 2021 · Lot 59
   €3,600≈ $4,182≈ £3,030HammerSign up free to seeView at Morgan O'Driscoll ↗
10. 
    Stroll in the Parkland

    Oil · Board

    46½ x 38cm (18.31 x 14.96in)

    Morgan O'Driscoll · Jun 25, 2018 · Lot 3
    €5,000≈ $5,850≈ £4,402HammerSign up free to seeView at Morgan O'Driscoll ↗
11. 
    Portrait of a Young Lady

    Oil · Canvas

    61 x 51cm (24.02 x 20.08in)

    Morgan O'Driscoll · Apr 30, 2018 · Lot 29
    €10,500≈ $12,683≈ £9,236HammerSign up free to seeView at Morgan O'Driscoll ↗
12. 
    BETTY, DAUGHTER OF EDGAR OLIVER, WIMBLEDON, SURREY, c.1892

    Oil · Canvas

    23½ x 19½in. (59.69 x 49.53cm)

    Whyte's · May 29, 2017 · Lot 19
    €12,500≈ $13,985≈ £10,887HammerSign up free to seeEst. €8,000–12,000View at Whyte's ↗
13. 
    PORTRAIT OF 'LILY' (SUSAN MARY) YEATS BY HER FATHER AT BEDFORD PARK, LONDON, c. 1887-1902

    Oil · Panel

    14 x 11¼in. (35.56 x 28.58cm)

    Whyte's · Sep 28, 2015 · Lot 33
    €12,000≈ $13,404≈ £8,822HammerSign up free to seeEst. €10,000–15,000View at Whyte's ↗
14. 
    PORTRAIT OF A LADY, 1888

    Oil · Canvas

    10.5 by 10in., 26.25 by 25cm.

    Whyte's · May 27, 2013 · Lot 95
    €4,800≈ $6,211≈ £4,107HammerSign up free to seeEst. €2,000–3,000View at Whyte's ↗
15. 
    PORTRAIT OF LILY YEATS AT BEDFORD PARK, LONDON

    Oil · Panel

    36 by 29cm., 14 by 11.2 5in.

    Whyte's · Apr 28, 2008 · Lot 105
    €14,500≈ $22,661≈ £11,378HammerSign up free to seeView at Whyte's ↗
16. 
    PORTRAIT OF GRACIE YEATS (MRS MATTHEW YEATS)

    Oil · Canvas

    61 by 51cm., 24 by 20in.

    Whyte's · Feb 22, 2005 · Lot 124
    Unsold / did not meet reserveView at Whyte's ↗

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