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Jack Butler Yeats (1871-1957) THE STREET PERFORMER, 1947, Oil on canvas A marvellous image of a j...

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Jack Butler Yeats (1871-1957) THE STREET PERFORMER, 1947, Oil on canvas A marvellous image of a j...
Jack Butler Yeats (1871-1957) THE STREET PERFORMER, 1947, Oil on canvas A marvellous image of a juggler in a dark street, gyrating several bottles in the air. A horse and rider, seen in part in the foreground - enhanced like the juggler's torso, by the light breaking through the smoky dark blue atmosphere - turn away from the sight. 18" x 24" - 45.7 x 61 cm. Exhibited: 1947 Dublin (2); 1961 Waddington Galleries Inc., Montreal (15) Provenance: Waddington Galleries Inc., Montreal 1961; Mr. & Mrs. J.L. McKay-Clements, Ontario Literature: Hilary Pyle, Jack B. Yeats, A Catalogue RaisonnT of the Oil Paintings, AndrT Deutsch, London, 1992, p.799, no.883, illustrated See illustration Est. $300000/500000 Est. $300000/500000