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Jack Butler Yeats, R.H.A. (1871-1957)
Lot 280

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

The Little One

Fermé13 December 2012

Prix réalisé

GBP 187,250

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Jack Butler Yeats, R.H.A. (1871-1957)
The Little One
signed 'JACK B YEATS' (lower right), and inscribed 'THE LITTLE ONE' (on the reverse)
oil on panel
9½ x 14¼ in. (24.1 x 36.2 cm.)
Painted in 1944.

Purchased by Stephen O'Mara at the 1944 exhibition, and by descent to the present owner.

Note du spécialiste

Hilary Pyle writes about the present work, 'A cream-coloured colt with dark mane and tail is being encouraged to run by a boy in the background, who waves his wide-brimmed hat at it' (loc. cit.).