Ending 16th Mar, 2025 15:00
Olympia Timed: Paintings, Works on Paper & Sculpture
663
⊕ JACK YATES (BRITISH 1923-2012)
POSTER MAN
signed and dated J. Yates 1965 top right; signed, titled and dated POSTER MAN / 1964-5 / J. Yates on the reverse
oil on canvas
101 x 81cm; 39 3/4 x 32in
103.5 x 83cm; 40 3/4 x 32 3/4in (framed)
Property from a London Collection
Provenance
Acquired from the artist by the present owner in the mid-1960s
Exhibited
London, Camden Art Centre, Jack Yates, 1980
Commenting on Yates' show at the Camden Art Centre in 1980 held simultaneously with a retrospective of the work of John Heartfield, critic John Russell Taylor noted that the artist 'likes low life and saucy ladies and semi-dashing semi-seedy men - a touch of Georg Grosz around the edges, but none the worse for that, since he has his own highly personal twists style for the tail of Cabaret.' (John Russell Taylor, The Times, 23 September 1980)
offered for sale without reserve
Sold for £130
POSTER MAN
signed and dated J. Yates 1965 top right; signed, titled and dated POSTER MAN / 1964-5 / J. Yates on the reverse
oil on canvas
101 x 81cm; 39 3/4 x 32in
103.5 x 83cm; 40 3/4 x 32 3/4in (framed)
Property from a London Collection
Provenance
Acquired from the artist by the present owner in the mid-1960s
Exhibited
London, Camden Art Centre, Jack Yates, 1980
Commenting on Yates' show at the Camden Art Centre in 1980 held simultaneously with a retrospective of the work of John Heartfield, critic John Russell Taylor noted that the artist 'likes low life and saucy ladies and semi-dashing semi-seedy men - a touch of Georg Grosz around the edges, but none the worse for that, since he has his own highly personal twists style for the tail of Cabaret.' (John Russell Taylor, The Times, 23 September 1980)
offered for sale without reserve
Auction: Olympia Timed: Paintings, Works on Paper & Sculpture, ending 16th Mar, 2025
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PUBLIC EXHIBITION:
Sunday 9th March:12pm to 4pm
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Tuesday 11th March: 10am to 5pm
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