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Jack Butler Yeats RHA (1871-1957) LIFE IN THE WEST OF IRELAND, 1912

pen and brush ink over pencil

signed lower right; with Waddington Galleries typed exhibition label preserved on reverse

18 by 44cm., 7 by 17.2 5in.

Provenance:
Waddington Galleries, London; Whence purchased by Lady Reiss; Private collection

Literature:
Pyle, Hilary, 'The Different Worlds of Jack B. Yeats, His Cartoons and Illustrations', Irish Academic Press, 1994, p. 212, catalogue no. 1536

In reference to Life in the West of Ireland (Published in Dublin in 1912 by the Maunsel Press), Pyle notes, "...Life in the West of Ireland is a compilation of drawings made by the artist referring to incidents and characters he saw on his return to the West from Devon every year." She notes that the manner in which these illustrations are executed is typical of Yeats' illustrative style adopted from 1904 on. Life in the West of Ireland comprised forty line drawings, eight of which were published as colour prints, as well as sixteen reproductions of his recent oil paintings. Issued as a special edition of 150 copies, each edition included an original sketch signed by the author. This work is an original pen and brush ink drawing used for the wrapper and the cover of the publication. Listed as catalogue no. 1536 in Pyle, she explains the work as follows, "...A man with a roulette wheel in conversation with a farmer, a fair ground behind. The central part of the drawing, blocked in gilt, is used on the cover."