The Little Horse at Play

Details

Jack Butler Yeats, R.H.A. (1871-1957)
The Little Horse at Play
signed 'JACK B./YEATS' (lower right) and inscribed 'THE LITTLE HORSE/AT PLAY' (on the reverse)
oil on board
9 x 14 in. (22.8 x 35.5 cm.)
Painted in 1948.

Provenance

with Victor Waddington, Dublin, 1948, where purchased by the present owner's parents, and by descent.

Literature

H. Pyle, Jack B. Yeats A Catalogue Raisonné of the Oil Paintings II, London, 1992, p. 815, no. 898.

Special notice

No VAT will be charged on the hammer price, but VAT at 15% will be added to the buyer's premium which is invoiced on a VAT inclusive basis.

Lot Essay

Horses are a regular motif in Yeats's work. He had always been fascinated by them, reminding him of his youth and the nostalgic freedom of his Sligo childhood. The vibrancy of the present work is overwhelming. The sheer joy of the horse galloping for the fun of it is created by a combination of frenzied brushstrokes and a colour palette ranging from acid greens and yellows through to bright white.

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