Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
Jack Butler Yeats, 1871–1957, Irish
Title:
On the Old Racecourse, Sligo
Date:
1921
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
24 x 36 inches (61 x 91.4 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Signed, lower right: "Jack B Yeats"
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
© Estate of the Artist
Accession Number:
B1986.29.6
Classification:
Paintings
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Subject Terms:
man | worker | figure | pasture | sea | rural | racecourse | coast | hat | landscape | head | horse (animal)
Associated Places:
Ireland | Sligo | British Isles | United Kingdom
Currently On View:
Not on view
Exhibition History:
Revisiting Traditions [BAC 20th century painting & sculpture] (Yale Center for British Art, 2002-04-30 - 2005-05-18)
Publications:
[ Front Matter ] : Sotheby's July Sales, Burlington Magazine, vol 108, July 1966, pp. xi, xvi, N1 B87 OVERSIZE (YCBA) Aso avaiable on line : JSTOR Arts & Sciences III

Andrew Causey, Jack Yeats, Artist of Ireland and the Irish , Illustrated London News, London, 30 September 1967, pp. 26+, Available online: The Illustrated London News Historical Archive Hard copy also available : A88 IL55 Oversize (SMl)

Robert Colls, This sporting life : sport and liberty in England, 1760-1960, Oxford University Press, Oxford, U.K., 2020, pp. 58, 372, GV706.35 .C65 2020 (LC) YCBA

Brian Fallon, Jack B. Yeats Centenary Show, Irish Times, September 27, 1971, p. 10, Available online: Proquest Historical Newspapers, The Irish Time Also available on microfilm : Film An Ir4 (SML)

Hilary Pyle, Jack B. Yeats : A Catalogue Raisonne of the Oil Paintings, , v. 1-3, André Deutsch, London, 1992, vol. 1: p. 151; vol. 3: p. 76, cat. 173, pl. 176, NJ18 Y43 A12 P95 1992 (YCBA)

Hilary Pyle, Men of Destiny, Jack B. and W. B. Yeats : the Background and the Symbols , Studies: an Irish Quarterly Review, vol 66, summer/autumn 1977, p. 194, Available online: JSTOR IRELAND COLLECTION Also Available in hardcopy at : A88 St95 (LC) SML but Shelved at LSF)

T. G. Rosenthal, Jack B. Yeats's Sure Place, The Times (London), London, October 10, 1967, p. 7, Available online: The Times Digital Archive Also available on microfilm : Film An T482 (SML)

Sotheby's sale catalogue : Catalogue of Modern British Drawings Paintings and Sculpture : 20 July 1966, Sotheby's, Sotheby's, London, July 20, 1966, pp. 30; page opposite p. 30, Lot 113, Auction Catalogues (YCBA)
Link:
https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:94