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, Irish, 1871-1957
Title
That Grand Conversation Was under the Rose
Date1943
MediumOil on canvas
Dimensions
36 x 53 cm
Signedlower right: JACK B. YEATS
Credit LinePurchased, part-funded by the Friends of the National Gallery of Ireland, 1992
Object numberNGI.4576
ProvenancePurchased, Private Collection, 1943 (at exhibition); presented, Dr Bethels Solomons by one of his patients; Private Collection, Dublin; purchased, Private Collection, part funded by the Friends of the National Gallery of Ireland, 1992 Exhibition HistoryLater Paintings, Victor Waddington Galleries, Dublin, 6-13 November 1943

National Loan Exhibition, National College of Art, Dublin, June - July 1945

Loan Collection, Town Hall, Sligo, 14-27 August 1961

Jack B. Yeats: A Centenary Exhibition, National Gallery of Ireland, Dublin, September - December 1971; Cultural Centre, New York, April - June 1972

Jack B. Yeats - Enter the Clowns: The Circus as a Metaphor, The Model, Sligo, 25 May - 22 September 2013