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Jack Butler Yeats
THE GOOD GREY MORNING (1948)
Lot 34
Price Realised:
€220,000
Estimate:
€200,000 - €300,000
Jack Butler Yeats RHA, 1871-1957
THE GOOD GREY MORNING (1948) Oil on canvas, 20" x 27" (51 x 68.5cm), signed.
Provenance: Dr. and Mrs Theodore J. Edlich, Jnr., New York (label verso).
Exhibited: 1948 Leeds; 1948 London (80); 1951 Dublin RHA... Read more
Lot 34
Jack Butler Yeats
THE GOOD GREY MORNING (1948)
DVTV Click Here To View VideoTHE GOOD GREY MORNING (1948) Oil on canvas, 20" x 27" (51 x 68.5cm), signed.
Provenance: Dr. and Mrs Theodore J. Edlich, Jnr., New York (label verso).
Exhibited: 1948 Leeds; 1948 London (80); 1951 Dublin RHA... Read more
Lot 34
Jack Butler Yeats
THE GOOD GREY MORNING (1948)
Estimate:
€200,000 - €300,000
Jack Butler Yeats RHA, 1871-1957
THE GOOD GREY MORNING (1948) Oil on canvas, 20" x 27" (51 x 68.5cm), signed.
Provenance: Dr. and Mrs Theodore J. Edlich, Jnr., New York (label verso).
Exhibited: 1948 Leeds; 1948 London (80); 1951 Dublin RHA (46); 1961 Montreal (22); 1971 New York (21); 1973 London (17) (col repro); IMMA, 'The Moderns', Dublin (20 October 2010 to 13 February 2011); IMMA New Acquisitions Exhibition Dublin, 2005 ; 'Yeats and the West' NUI Galway, June-December, 2015.
Literature: Jack B. Yeats, Ah Well, (1942), p.28; 'Jack B. Yeats, A Catalogue Raisonne of the Oil Paintings' by Hilary Pyle, No 908.
'If you went up into the attic', wrote Yeats in Ah Well, 'you would drag the trunk under the skylight and you'd balance yourself on top of the trunk and you'd push up the skylight and look on the roofs of my town.' The man in red pyjamas in the painting, looking from his attic window into the dawn light, does not see green moss and grass, or the 'fine round saucers of lytchens spotting every slate' mentioned in the book; but there is the same feeling that he has just opened the window, as he balances precariously on a chair or trunk, to the freshness of a new world above the world of the street. The blowy sky lets the light at its base silver the sides of chimneys and the gutters; and the young man's face turns in wonder towards the pink flush which is replacing the departing grey.
The setting for The Good Grey Morning is the artist's house in Fitzwilliam Square. A figure peeps out of the garret window across the roof tops and chimney stacks of the adjoining houses and down into Fitzwilliam Square. Is this the artist imaging himself as a younger man, contemplating the past?
THE GOOD GREY MORNING (1948) Oil on canvas, 20" x 27" (51 x 68.5cm), signed.
Provenance: Dr. and Mrs Theodore J. Edlich, Jnr., New York (label verso).
Exhibited: 1948 Leeds; 1948 London (80); 1951 Dublin RHA (46); 1961 Montreal (22); 1971 New York (21); 1973 London (17) (col repro); IMMA, 'The Moderns', Dublin (20 October 2010 to 13 February 2011); IMMA New Acquisitions Exhibition Dublin, 2005 ; 'Yeats and the West' NUI Galway, June-December, 2015.
Literature: Jack B. Yeats, Ah Well, (1942), p.28; 'Jack B. Yeats, A Catalogue Raisonne of the Oil Paintings' by Hilary Pyle, No 908.
'If you went up into the attic', wrote Yeats in Ah Well, 'you would drag the trunk under the skylight and you'd balance yourself on top of the trunk and you'd push up the skylight and look on the roofs of my town.' The man in red pyjamas in the painting, looking from his attic window into the dawn light, does not see green moss and grass, or the 'fine round saucers of lytchens spotting every slate' mentioned in the book; but there is the same feeling that he has just opened the window, as he balances precariously on a chair or trunk, to the freshness of a new world above the world of the street. The blowy sky lets the light at its base silver the sides of chimneys and the gutters; and the young man's face turns in wonder towards the pink flush which is replacing the departing grey.
The setting for The Good Grey Morning is the artist's house in Fitzwilliam Square. A figure peeps out of the garret window across the roof tops and chimney stacks of the adjoining houses and down into Fitzwilliam Square. Is this the artist imaging himself as a younger man, contemplating the past?
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PLEASE BID EARLY TO AVOID DISAPPOINTMENT.
In order to allow rival bidders the opportunity to respond to a late bid the following extensions will apply:
IF A BID IS RECEIVED WITHIN THE FINAL 45 SECONDS OF THE COUNTDOWN THE CLOCK WILL RESET TO 60 SECONDS.
At any point you can leave a maximum bid, representing the highest price you are prepared to pay for a particular lot. Bidding only advances when there is competition from a rival bidder. In that case the system bids on your behalf, only up to the maximum if required. All bids are relayed to you be email, along with notification if you have been outbid.
All maximum bids are confidential and not disclosed. The system will endeavor to purchase the lot for you for the least price. Bids are subject to buyer’s premium of 25% (incl vat), with no additional charges.
In the event of a tied bid, the preference will be given to the bid submitted first. The second bidder will receive immediate notification of being outbid.
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