Lot 15 Jack Butler Yeats

Jack B. Yeats RHA 1871-1957 SAFE HARBOUR (1946) Oil on canvas, 14'' x 18'' (35.5 x 46), signed bottom right. Exhibited: 1975 London. Literature: Jack B. Yeats, A Catalogue Raisonne of the Oil Paintings by Hilary Pyle , No. 766, page 690, Vol II. Provenance: Sold through the Victor Waddington Galleries, Dublin to Captain A. T. Lee in 1946. Then at James Adams Auctions in Dublin in 1974 (Lot no: 46 - Illustrated in the sale catalogue)and then by Victor Waddington, to a Private Collector in Switzerland, from his exhibition in Londonin 1975 illustrated in his catalogue (27 February - 22nd March 1975) as No: 11; Theo Waddington, London (label verso); Private Collection, Dublin. A boy sails a boat in a pool (water trough) while his mother walks on the shore, her hair blowing in the wind. A charming oil which reflects Jack B Yeats' love of toy boats and his yearning for the sea.