Works by Lavery and Yeats feature at Christie’s modern British and Irish art sale in London on November 25 and 26. The evening sale on November 25 features The Boat Builder by Jack B. Yeats and The Maid was in the garden hanging out clothes by Sir John Lavery. Each work is estimated at £300,000-500,000. The boat builder was for many years in the collection of Sir Peter Scott, who was credited with designing the North Atlantic Fleet camouflage scheme during the Second World War. He was a son of Scott of the Antarctic.
There is work by le Brocquy, Yeats, Paul Henry, Roderic O’Conor and William Scott at various estimates from £15,000-80,000.
Jack Butler Yeats, R.H.A. (1871-1957)
The Boat Builder UPDATE: THIS SOLD FOR £422,500
Sir John Lavery, R.A., R.S.A., R.H.A. (1856-1941)
The Maid was in the Garden Hanging out the Clothes UPDATE: THIS SOLD FOR £338,500