Lot 38 Jack Butler Yeats

Jack Butler Yeats RHA, 1876-1957 MAN IN A TRAIN THINKING (1927) Oil on canvas, 18'' x 24'' (46 x 53.5cm), signed. Provenance: Ex collection of Terence de Vere White; James Adams, 1974 (lot 51); Private Collection, Dublin; Adams Important Irish Art Auction, 5th December, 2006 (lot 34); Private Collection, Dublin. Exhibited: 'Jack B Yeats' exhibition, The Tooth Gallery, London, March-April 1928, Cat No. 14;. The Royal Hibernian Academy Annual Exhibition, 1929, Cat No. 27; 'Jack B Yeats - Later Work' exhibition, Contemporary Picture Galleries, Oct-Nov 1941, Cat No. 8 where purchased by Terence de Vere White; Jack B Yeats - National Loan Exhibition', National College of Art, Dublin, June-July 1945, Cat No. 60. 'Society of Scottish Artists 52nd Exhibition', Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh, Spring 1946, Cat No. 147; 'Jack B Yeats Loan Exhibition', Temple Newsam House, Leeds, June-Aug 1948; 'Jack B Yeats Loan Exhibition', The Tate Gallery, London, August-September 1948, Cat No. 11. This exhibition was organised by the Arts Council of Great Britain and travelled on to the Aberdeen Art Gallery and Edinburgh, Royal Scottish Academy; 'Jack B Yeats - A Selection of Paintings' exhibition, Sligo County Library and Museum, August-September 1960, Cat No. 19;'Jack B Yeats - Loan Collection' exhibition presented by Sligo Arts Society, The Town Hall, Sligo, August 1961, Cat No. 56; 'Jack B Yeats - A Centenary Exhibition', The National Gallery of Ireland, Dublin, September - December 1971, Cat No. 47;'Jack B Yeats - A Centenary Exhibition', The Cultural Centre, New York, April-June 1972, Cat No. 47. Literature: Hilary Pyle, 'Jack B Yeats' - A Catalogue Raisonne of the oil paintings Vol I No. 349, page 317 - full page black and white illustration Vol III, page 146.