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The Little Merchant
Details
Jack Butler Yeats, R.H.A. (1871-1957)
The Little Merchant
signed 'JACK B YEATS' (lower right), inscribed 'THE LITTLE MERCHANT' (on the reverse)
oil on panel
9 x 14 in. (22.8 x 35.6 cm.)
Painted in 1925.
The Little Merchant
signed 'JACK B YEATS' (lower right), inscribed 'THE LITTLE MERCHANT' (on the reverse)
oil on panel
9 x 14 in. (22.8 x 35.6 cm.)
Painted in 1925.
Provenance
Acquired directly from the artist by John J. Horgan, Cork, in 1941, and by descent.
with Pyms Gallery, London, where purchased by Jimmy Benson on 30 September 1987.
with Pyms Gallery, London, where purchased by Jimmy Benson on 30 September 1987.
Literature
H. Pyle, A Catalogue Raisonné of the Oil Paintings, vol. III, London, 1992, p. 124, no. 292, illustrated.
Exhibited
Dublin, Engineer’s Hall, Paintings, October 1925, no. 3, catalogue not traced.
London, Arthur Tooth & Sons, Paintings of Irish Life by Jack B. Yeats, 1926, no. 21.
Birmingham, Ruskin Gallery, Paintings of Ireland, May – June 1927, no. 19.
Dublin, National College of Art, National Loan Exhibition, June – July 1945, no. 51, catalogue not traced.
London, Pyms Gallery, 1987, no. 46, catalogue not traced.
London, Arthur Tooth & Sons, Paintings of Irish Life by Jack B. Yeats, 1926, no. 21.
Birmingham, Ruskin Gallery, Paintings of Ireland, May – June 1927, no. 19.
Dublin, National College of Art, National Loan Exhibition, June – July 1945, no. 51, catalogue not traced.
London, Pyms Gallery, 1987, no. 46, catalogue not traced.
Special notice
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