@sothebys ・・・ Kick back and relax this weekend, with Jack B. Yeats’ sublimely poetic painting, ‘In Tir na N-óg’. The title refers to the legendary land of youth, a mythological island, believed to be off the west coast of Ireland, from Old Irish literature. It depicts a boy lying on a grassy bank, who glances away from the pages of his book towards the banks of a river, where an antiquated galleon marks the horizon line. His smiling expression conveys the pleasure of this moment, when he is caught between the sensual delights of nature on a summer’s day, and the imaginative stimulation of a storybook filled with great tales and adventures. _ When the painting was exhibited at the Royal Hibernian Academy in Dublin in 1936, the year it was painted, a critic in the Evening Herald wrote: '... here we feel the essential Tir na nÓg, that dream world of loveliness and youth'. The work is returning to the @rhagallery for the first time in more than eighty years, as part of our pre-sale exhibition of Irish Art, where it will be on view, by appointment, from 27 to 30 August. Click the link in @sothebys bio for more details. _ Relájate este fin de semana con la pintura sublimemente poética de Jack B. Yeats, "In Tir na N-óg". El título se refiere a la tierra legendaria de la juventud, una isla mitológica, que se cree que está frente a la costa oeste de Irlanda, de la literatura irlandesa antigua. Representa a un niño tendido en una orilla cubierta de hierba, que aparta la mirada de las páginas de su libro hacia las orillas de un río, donde un galeón anticuado marca la línea del horizonte. Su expresión sonriente transmite el placer de este momento, cuando se ve atrapado entre los placeres sensuales de la naturaleza en un día de verano y la estimulación imaginativa de un libro de cuentos lleno de grandes cuentos y aventuras. _ #SothebysIrish #SothebysIreland #jackbyeats (en Sotheby's) https://www.instagram.com/p/CERpURhDTyT/?igshid=u7x55hgieomb
