Yeats masterpiece set to fetch up to €800,000

A JACK B YEATS masterpiece which reappeared after almost seven decades in the same family is due to fetch up to €800,000 at auction.

The spectacular oil painting — titled A Fair Day, Mayo — was painted in 1925 and once hung in the office of Éamon de Valera when he was leader of the newly-formed Fianna Fáil.

It is the largest and most valuable work by the country’s best-known artist to appear on the market for many years.