JACK B. YEATS, R.H.A. | BALLYCASTLE BAY

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

signed l.r.: JACK B. YEATS
oil on board
23 by 35.5cm., 9 by 14in.
Painted in 1909.

Condition Report:
The board appears sound and the work in very good overall condition.

Under ultraviolet light there appear to be no signs of retouching.

Held under glass in a giltwood frame; unexamined out of frame.

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Provenance:
Sold by the artist to Leo Smith, January 1944;

John A. Costello, Dublin;

Purchased c.1980