Lot 228 · Modern British and Irish Art Day Sale
The Sunset Belongs to You
Jack Butler Yeats · oil on board
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- Estimate
- £120,000–£180,000 hammer ≈ $156,242–$234,363
- Result
- upcoming — 17 October 2024
- Performance
- Sale
- Christie's — Modern British and Irish Art Day Sale, London · 17 October 2024
- Dimensions
- 14 1⁄8 x 18 in. (35.9 x 46 cm.)
- Record ID
- TB-2026-3213857
- Record
- first seen 28 Jul 2026 · updated 28 Jul 2026 · source ↗
- Cite this record
- TB-2026-3213857 — https://thebasis.art/cite/TB-2026-3213857
Jack Butler Yeats, The Sunset Belongs to You. Christie's, 17 Oct 2024, lot 228. estimate £120,000–£180,000, unsold at time of record. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-3213857.
Sell probability TheBasis model · trained on recorded passes
81% chance this lot finds a buyer · market base rate 72%
Of the 91,573 held-out lots the model scored about 82%, 73% sold.
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Jack Butler Yeats, The Sunset Belongs to You. Christie's, 17 Oct 2024, lot 228. estimate £120,000–£180,000, unsold at time of record. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-3213857.
From the same sale Modern British and Irish Art Day Sale · Oct 2024
| Lot | Artist | Estimate | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Two Seeds | SIR ANTONY GORMLEY, R.A. (B. 1950) | £30,000–£50,000 | upcoming |
| Show | SIR ANTONY GORMLEY, R.A. (B. 1950) | £50,000–£80,000 | upcoming |
| Dorelia standing | AUGUSTUS JOHN, O.M., C.H. (1878-1961) | £40,000–£70,000 | upcoming |
| Footed Bowl | Dame Lucie Rie | £15,000–£25,000 | upcoming |
| Head of David Landau | Frank Auerbach | £80,000–£120,000 | upcoming |
| Fidelma Asleep | Leon Kossoff | £120,000–£180,000 | upcoming |
Comparable results nearest sold works, same medium & price band
| Artist | Lot | vs. estimate | Result USD, incl. premium | Sale |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jack Butler Yeats | The Forlorn Hope | $211,661 | Sotheby's, Oct 2015 | |
| Jack Butler Yeats | Railway Refreshment Room | Sotheby's, Sep 2017 | ||
| Jack Butler Yeats | Going to the Races | Sotheby's, Nov 2022 | ||
| Jack Butler Yeats | jack butler yeats, r.h.a. | the bones | Sotheby's, Nov 2019 | ||
| Jack Butler Yeats | The Sun | Christie's, Nov 2024 | ||
| Jack Butler Yeats | The Trotter | Sotheby's, Nov 2023 | ||
| Jack Butler Yeats | A Storm / Gaillshíon | Christie's, Mar 2026 | ||
| Jack Butler Yeats | The Talkers | Sotheby's, Oct 2015 |
The closest sold results by price, artist, and medium — the appraiser's comp set, generated from the corpus. All figures converted to USD at current reference rates.