Jack B. Yeats Irish, 1871-1957
The Imperator, 1944
oil on board
23.5 x 36.5 cm
9 1/4 x 14 3/8 in
9 1/4 x 14 3/8 in
signed
Painted two years after his National Gallery exhibition with William Nicholson and the year after his first solo exhibition with Victor Waddington in Dublin, The Imperator marks the beginning of...
Painted two years after his National Gallery exhibition with William Nicholson and the year after his first solo exhibition with Victor Waddington in Dublin, The Imperator marks the beginning of Yeats move to more esoteric subject matter and a looser painting style.
Provenance
sold to EPS Mathews, October 1946Waddington Galleries, London, 1951
acquired from the above, 19th September 1962, and thence by descent to the present owner
Exhibitions
Leeds, Temple Newsam House, Jack B Yeats, 20 June - 4 August 1948, no.41London, Tate Gallery, Arts Council Retrospective, 14 August - 15 September 1948, no.41; travelling to Aberdeen Art Gallery, and Ediburgh Royal Scottish Academy
