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

The Pound Street Band

Details

Jack Butler Yeats R.H.A (1871-1957)
The Pound Street Band
signed 'JACK. B. YEATS' (upper right), inscribed 'THE POUND STREET BAND' (on the reverse)
pencil, pen, black ink and watercolour
8 x 5¼ in. (20.4 x 13.4 cm.)
Executed circa 1912

Provenance

Purchased by Colonel W.M. MacDonald at the 1919 exhibition.
Joseph Abernethy, Dunedin.

Literature

J.B. Yeats, Life in the West of Ireland, Dublin, 1912, pl.29.
H. Pyle, The Different Worlds of Jack B. Yeats His Cartoons and Illustrations, Dublin, 1994, no.1551.

Exhibited

Birmingham, Theatre Exhibition, 1917.
Dublin, Mills Hall, Drawings and Pictures of Life in the West of Ireland, April-May 1919, no.17.

Lot Essay

Yeats's Life in the West of Ireland, published in 1912, was a compilation of drawings made by the artist referring to incidents and characters that he saw on his return to the West from Devon every year. The drawings may all have been produced from around 1904 until 1912, or close to the time of publication since the size and treatment is uniform. The work was issued in a special edition of 150 numbered copies, each with an original sketch signed by the author.
(see H. Pyle, op. cit., p.212).

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