Jack B. Yeats
, Irish, 1871-1957
Title
Flower Girl, DublinDate1926
MediumOil on canvas
Dimensions
46 x 61 cm
SignedJack B. Yeats
Credit LinePresented, I.B.M. Ltd, 1969
Object numberNGI.1905
ProvenancePurchased, International Business Machines, New York, 1938; presented I.B.M. Ltd., 1969
Exhibition History10th Annual Exhibition, Society of Independent Artists, New York, 1926
Paintings,Tooth, London, 14 March - 5 April 1928
Paintings, Engineers Hall, Dublin, 1-14 October 1929
Jack B. Yeats in the National Gallery of Ireland, National Gallery of Ireland, Dublin, 26 March - 20 April 1986
Yeats at the Hugh Lane Municipal Gallery of Modern Art, Hugh Lane Municipal Gallery of Modern Art, Dublin, 26 June - 15 October, 1988
Label TextYeats painted many scenes of contemporary Dublin in an Expressionistic manner. He acutely observed people from all walks of life interacting in the city’s public spaces. Here, a flower-seller wearing a white apron and black shawl approaches a woman in a red cloche hat. She holds a tray of violets. To the right, men in cloth caps converse by a lamppost. While to the left, framed against the yellow light of a doorway, a man looks out towards the viewer. His hands are deep in his pockets as though he has left the warmth of a cafe or a bar to join the bustling street.