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Source Description
Jack B. Yeats, son of the portraitist, John B. Yeats (1839-1922), and brother of the poet William B. Yeats (1865-1939), is generally acknowledged as the greatest Irish painter of the first half of the 20th century. Initially an illustrator, he accompanied the writer John Millignton Synge (1871-1909) on a walking tour of Mayo County in western Ireland in 1905. A sketch made at that time served thirteen years later as the basis for this painting. The women whose brightly colored dresses contrast with the drab clothing of the other mourners are presumably Irish-Americans who have returned home. In referring to the scene in an article he wrote for the "Manchester Guardian," Synge alluded to several young women in the funeral procession who seemed by their dress to be "returned Americans."
Scholar Source Context
Document identity
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20184
label
The Swinford Funeral
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drawing
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20184
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drawing
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normalized
title
The Swinford Funeral
description
Jack B. Yeats, son of the portraitist, John B. Yeats (1839-1922), and brother of the poet William B. Yeats (1865-1939), is generally acknowledged as the greatest Irish painter of the first half of the 20th century. Initially an illustrator, he accompanied the writer John Millignton Synge (1871-1909) on a walking tour of Mayo County in western Ireland in 1905. A sketch made at that time served thirteen years later as the basis for this painting. The women whose brightly colored dresses contrast with the drab clothing of the other mourners are presumably Irish-Americans who have returned home. In referring to the scene in an article he wrote for the "Manchester Guardian," Synge alluded to several young women in the funeral procession who seemed by their dress to be "returned Americans."
provenance
C. P. Curran, 1921, by purchase [from the artist]; Mrs. Josef Solterer, United States [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; The Dawson Gallery, Dublin, Ireland [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; The Honorable Francis D. Murnaghan, Jr., Baltimore, 1975 [mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1987, by gift.
date
1918
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CC0
language
en
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Painting & Drawing
paintings
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3
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3
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import
dimensions
units
cm
width
23.2
height
36.2
depth
0.6
dimensionsRaw
H: 9 1/8 × W: 14 1/4 × D: 1/4 in. (23.18 × 36.2 × 0.56 cm)Framed H: 18 1/4 × W: 23 1/8 × D: 3 in. (46.36 × 58.74 × 7.62 cm)
Source extras
inscriptions
[Signature] Lower left: Jack. B Yeats.
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oil on wood panel
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2202
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EAN
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2582
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