Jack Butler Yeats, R.H.A. (1871-1957)

The Man who was always in the way

Details

Jack Butler Yeats, R.H.A. (1871-1957)
The Man who was always in the way
signed 'Jack B Yeats' (lower left), inscribed 'THE MAN WHO/WAS ALWAYS/IN/THE/WAY' (upper centre)
pen and black ink
7½ x 8½ in. (19 x 21.5 cm.)
Executed in 1891

Literature

H. Pyle, The Different Worlds of Jack B. Yeats His Cartoons and Illustrations, Dublin, 1994, no. 176, p. 72.

Lot Essay

The present work was executed during Yeats's career as a professional illustrator for Israel Zangwill's The Ariel or the London Puck between January 1891 and February 1892, when the paper closed down.
(see H. Pyle, op. cit., p. 62).

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