2005.28: The Champion

Identification and Creation

Object Number

2005.28

People

Jack Butler Yeats, Irish (London 1871 - 1957 Dublin)

Title

The Champion

Classification

Drawings

Work Type

drawing

Date

c. 1897

Culture

Irish

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/54428

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Watercolor on paperboard

Dimensions

48.1 x 29 cm (18 15/16 x 11 7/16 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

• Signed: l.r., black ink: JACK B / YEATS
• label: formerly back of frame, printed and typed: NEW GRAFTON GALLERY 1a Grafton Street London W1 01-499 1800 / Artist: Jack Butler Yeats Date: / Title: The champion / Medium: Gouache No: / Size: 19 x 11 1/2 / Owner:

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History

David Clegham-Thomson, London.
Private Collector, U.S.A..
Victor Waddington, London.
William Macbeth Gallery, New York. see Pyle 1993, nos. 69, 415
Benjamin and Lilian Hertzberg, New York, bequest to Harvard University Art Museums, 2005.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line

Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Benjamin and Lilian Hertzberg

Accession Year

2005

Object Number

2005.28

Division

Modern and Contemporary Art

Contact

am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu

Permissions

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Publication History

• Hilary Pyle, Jack B. Yeats: His Watercolours, Drawings and Pastels, Irish Academic Press (Dublin, 1993), no. 69 [poss. also no. 415]

Exhibition History

• Sketches of Life in the West of Ireland, Wells Central Hall, Dublin, 08/18/1902 - 08/30/1902
• Sketches of Life in the West of Ireland, Walker Art Gallery, London, London, 02/04/1903 - 03/04/1903
• Recent Watercolors, Clausen Galleries, New York, 03/31/1904 - 04/16/1904

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