Live Auction 7579The Irish Sale
Jack Butler Yeats, R.H.A. (1871-1957)
Lot 97

Jack Butler Yeats, R.H.A. (1871-1957)

The Turfcutter's Donkey: The elephant carried his passengers safely to the other side

Closed8 May 2008

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GBP 8,125

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Jack Butler Yeats, R.H.A. (1871-1957)
The Turfcutter's Donkey: The elephant carried his passengers safely to the other side
signed 'JACK B YEATS' (lower right)
ink
6½ x 9½ in. (16.5 x 24.1 cm.)
Executed in 1934.

with Waddington Galleries, London.

Specialist note

Jack B. Yeats illustrated The Turfcutter's Donkey, 'An Irish Story of Mystery and Adventure'. The book was written by Patricia Lynch in 1934, and Yeats illustrated it with fifteen pictures, including the present work.