JACK B. YEATS, R.H.A. | ALONE

Property from the Collection of Sir Michael Smurfit
JACK B. YEATS, R.H.A.
1871-1957
ALONE

signed l.r.: JACK B YEATS; titled on the reverse
oil on canvas
46 by 61cm., 18 by 24in.
Painted in 1944.

Condition Report:
Original canvas. Some occasional traces of craquelure to the figure which appear stable. The surface may benefit from a light clean; otherwise the work appears in good overall condition with strong passages of impasto.

Under ultraviolet light there are possible small traces of retouching in the lower left corner.

Held under glass in a giltwood composite frame.

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Provenance:
Sold through Victor Waddington Galleries, 1945;

Private Collection;

Christie's London, 8 October 1990, lot 107;

Christie's London, 10 May 2007, lot 94