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HOPE

Jack Butler Yeats (Irish, 1871–1957) · 1946

Unsold / did not meet reserve

Estimate €150,000 – €180,000 (≈ $165,465 – $198,558) (≈ £132,765 – £159,318)

Offered at Whyte's and passed / bought in. Counted in the artist’s sell-through rate; no price, so not in price averages.

Auction history of this work: offered 2 times ↓

Medium
Oil · Paintings all oil results →
As published: “oil on canvas”
Support
Canvas
Signed / inscribed
Signed lower right; titled on stretcher; bearing Waddington and Timothy Taylor labels on reverse
Category
Oil paintings
Dimensions
14 x 18in. (35.56 x 45.72cm)
Auction house
Whyte's
Sale
Irish & International Art (843)
Date
September 16, 2019
Location
Dublin, Ireland
Lot
28
Estimate
€150,000 – €180,000 (≈ $165,465 – $198,558) (≈ £132,765 – £159,318)
Source
Auction house whytes.ie ↗
Retrieved Sep 25, 2026

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Provenance trail: auction history of this work

Offered twice between 2000 and 2019 · sold 0 · bought in / unsold 2

Catalogue details differ between appearances (dimensions, medium description). Houses often re-measure, translate or re-catalogue a work; compare the entries below.

  1. HOPE, Whyte's 2000

    Jun 26, 2000 · Whyte's

    Irish & International Art Auction, lot 59

    Bought in / unsold

    As catalogued

    Jack Butler Yeats, “HOPE”

    oil on canvas, painted 1946

    36 by 46cm., 14 by 18in.

  2. HOPE, Whyte's 2019

    Sep 16, 2019 · Whyte's this result

    Irish & International Art, lot 28

    Bought in / unsold · est. €150,000 – €180,000

    As catalogued

    Jack Butler Yeats, “HOPE”, 1946

    oil on canvas

    14 x 18in. (35.56 x 45.72cm)

Appearances are linked when the photographs match and the size, medium and title agree (match confidence 88%). Casts and prints are linked only when the cast or impression number also matches. Price changes compare each sold price with the previous one (in USD at each sale’s exchange rate when the currencies differ). Details are shown as each house published them.

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