Harvard Art Museums > 2005.27: The Man with the Wooden Leg Drawings Collections Search Exit Deep Zoom Mode Zoom Out Zoom In Reset Zoom Full Screen Add to Collection Order Image Copy Link Copy Citation Citation"The Man with the Wooden Leg (Jack Butler Yeats) , 2005.27,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, Apr 24, 2024, https://hvrd.art/o/54427. Reuse via IIIF Toggle Deep Zoom Mode Download This object does not yet have a description. Identification and Creation Object Number 2005.27 People Jack Butler Yeats, Irish (London 1871 - 1957 Dublin) Title The Man with the Wooden Leg Classification Drawings Work Type drawing Date 1902 Culture Irish Persistent Link https://hvrd.art/o/54427 Physical Descriptions Medium Watercolor on paperboard Dimensions 16.5 x 26.4 cm (6 1/2 x 10 3/8 in.) Inscriptions and Marks Signed: l.l., blue watercolor: JACK B YEATS label: verso, printed: Reeves & Sons / Ltd / WHATMAN BOARD, / ARTISTS' QUALITY. / A Sketching Tablet with a surface of What- / [obscured by hinge] Paper. Made in / [obscured by hinge] / London. / 1777 [image of dog] inscription: verso, top, graphite: The man with the wooden / Leg / [obscured inscription] inscription: verso, center, graphite: 10 [ ] x 14 3/8 [partially obscured dimensions] inscription: verso, right edge, graphite: 52 inscription: verso, left edge, graphite: Double Suede[?] label: formerly back of frame, printed and typed: Title: The Man with the Wooden Leg / 14 x 10 / Artist: Jack B. Yeats / Owner: Mr. Benjamin Hertzberg / THE WADDINGTON GALLERIES / 2 Cork Street London W1. REGent 1719 Provenance Recorded Ownership History Victor Waddington, London, 1956. Benjamin and Lilian Hertzberg, New York, bequest; to Harvard University Art Museums, 2005. Acquisition and Rights Credit Line Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Benjamin and Lilian Hertzberg Accession Year 2005 Object Number 2005.27 Division Modern and Contemporary Art Contact am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu Permissions The Harvard Art Museums encourage the use of images found on this website for personal, noncommercial use, including educational and scholarly purposes. To request a higher resolution file of this image, please submit an online request. Publication History Hilary Pyle, Jack B. Yeats: His Watercolours, Drawings and Pastels, Irish Academic Press (Dublin, 1993), no. 406, repr. Exhibition History Sketches of Life in the West of Ireland, Wells Central Hall, Dublin, 08/18/1902 - 08/30/1902 Sketches of Life in the West of Ireland, Walker Art Gallery, London, London, 02/04/1903 - 03/04/1903 Recent Watercolors, Clausen Galleries, New York, 03/31/1904 - 04/16/1904 Verification Level This record has been reviewed by the curatorial staff but may be incomplete. Our records are frequently revised and enhanced. For more information please contact the Division of Modern and Contemporary Art at am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
