Fine Arts

Jack B Yeats works among home-grown favourites up for sale

Bidding ends on January 30 for Morgan O’Driscoll’s upcoming Irish Online Art Auction, which also includes paintings by William Scott and Mainie Jellett

Jack Butler Yeats, The Turf Cutter’s Donkey: estimate of €15,000-€25,000

Following on from the success of its January 9 auction, which saw an impressive sell-through rate of 92 per cent, Skibbereen and Dublin-based auctioneer Morgan O’Driscoll brings us its second online auction of the month, which closes on Monday, January 30.

The sale contains all our home-grown favourites. Worthy of mention are five works by Jack B Yeats on paper, a medium which offers accessibility for collectors, and I believe they capture and reflect the ...