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15 JACK BUTLER YEATS RHA (1871-1957) Kerry Landscape (1913)Oil on panel, 23 x 35.5cm (9 x 14”)
Signed
Provenance : Sold through Leo Smith,The Dawson Gallery, Dublin to Senator Joseph Brennan, a well known collector of
Yeats’ work and thence by descent to the current owner.
Yeats painted several oil landscapes of Tralee Bay and Castlegregory on a visit to Kerry in 1913. It is likely that his work
dates to this period and may depict the coast from the Maharees or Derrymore Island. The work was part of the col-
lection of the prominent collector and champion of modern Irish art, Senator Joseph Brennan.
Yeats’s landscapes explored the Western coastline in all its drama and diversity, a theme that he found endlessly
fascinating. In this work, as in many of his later more fanciful depictions of the Atlantic coast, the horizon line provides
the pivotal midpoint of the composition, adding to the immense sense of space and calm that the view imparts. Rich
impasto paint is used to convey the swirling sands of the bay as they intersect with the tide. Rich rosy tints introduce
an element of warmth to the palette. The tone is subtly complimented by the pale blue of the seawater.
Dr Roisin Kennedy
€ 15,000 - 20,000