Photo © Morgan O'Driscoll — view this lot on Morgan O'Driscoll ↗Place Names of Ireland
Other
Morgan O'Driscoll · Sep 14, 2026€260 ≈ $300 ≈ £223Sign up free to see priceImage courtesy Whyte's
Auction result
THE COMFORTER
Jack Butler Yeats (Irish, 1871–1957) · 1952
Unsold / did not meet reserve
Estimate €150,000 – €200,000 (≈ $194,460 – $259,280) (≈ £121,492 – £161,989)
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 ↓
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- Medium
- Oil · Paintings all oil results →As published: “oil on board”
- Support
- Board
- Signed / inscribed
- Signed lower right; with exhibition label on reverse
- Category
- Oil paintings
- Dimensions
- 14 by 18in., 35.56 by 45.72cm.
- Auction house
- Whyte's
- Sale
- Important Irish Art (756)
- Date
- November 26, 2012
- Location
- Dublin, Ireland
- Lot
- 43
- Estimate
- €150,000 – €200,000 (≈ $194,460 – $259,280) (≈ £121,492 – £161,989)
- Source
- Auction house whytes.ie ↗Retrieved Sep 25, 2026
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Provenance trail: auction history of this work
Offered twice between 2005 and 2012 · sold 1 · bought in / unsold 1
Catalogue details differ between appearances (dimensions). Houses often re-measure, translate or re-catalogue a work; compare the entries below.
Nov 29, 2005 · Whyte's
Important Irish Art, lot 84
Sold €240,000Sign up to see
As catalogued
Jack Butler Yeats, “THE COMFORTER”, 1952
oil on board
36 by 46cm., 14 by 18in.
Nov 26, 2012 · Whyte's this result
Important Irish Art, lot 43
Bought in / unsold · est. €150,000 – €200,000
As catalogued
Jack Butler Yeats, “THE COMFORTER”, 1952
oil on board
14 by 18in., 35.56 by 45.72cm.
Appearances are linked when the photographs match and the size, medium and title agree (match confidence 98%). 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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Photo © Morgan O'Driscoll — view this lot on Morgan O'Driscoll ↗
THE STRAND RACES: THE START AND THE FINISH (A PAIR), c. 1935
Print (other)
Whyte's · Jun 29, 2026€600 ≈ $684 ≈ £517Sign up free to see price
Photo © Woolley & Wallis — view this lot on Woolley & Wallis ↗Untitled
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THE STRAND RACES: THE START AND THE FINISH (A PAIR)
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Whyte's · Mar 30, 2026€2,600 ≈ $2,986 ≈ £2,257Sign up free to see price![FOR THE ROAD, 1951 [THE FRIENDS OF ST. LUKE'S HOSPITAL] by Jack Butler Yeats, photoprint; (no. 490 from an edition of 3000), sold Dec 2025](/img/lot/cmuhfsrm5r45f9uuc07li/card)
FOR THE ROAD, 1951 [THE FRIENDS OF ST. LUKE'S HOSPITAL]
Multiple · ed. edition of 3000
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Photo © Morgan O'Driscoll — view this lot on Morgan O'Driscoll ↗Low Water, Spring-Tide, Clifden, 1906
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Gormley's Art Auctions · Sep 22, 2026Unsold / did not meet reserve
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Morgan O'Driscoll · Sep 14, 2026€260 ≈ $300 ≈ £223Sign up free to see price
Photo © Morgan O'Driscoll — view this lot on Morgan O'Driscoll ↗Jack B. Yeats: A catalogue raisonné of the oil paintings by Hilary Pyle London: André Deutsch, 1992
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