ID 1308406
Lot 163 | WILLIAM ROBERTS, R.A. (1895-1980)
Estimate value
£ 15 000 – 20 000
The Underground
signed 'William/Roberts.' (upper right)
pencil and watercolour on paper
15 x 12 in. (38.1 x 30.5 cm.)
Executed circa 1970.
Provenance
with Anthony d'Offay, London, where purchased by Alan Dixon in February 1976.
Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, London, 22 July 1987, lot 430, as 'On the Tube', where purchased by the present owner.
Literature
A.J.P. Taylor (ed.), History of the 20th Century: Our World Today, No. 114, London, 1970, illustrated on the cover.
Exhibited
London, Hamet Gallery, William Roberts: A Retrospective Exhibition, February - March 1971, no. 81, dated '1964-65'.
| Artist: | William Roberts (1895 - 1980) |
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| Applied technique: | Pencil, Painted, Watercolor |
| Medium: | Acrylic glass, Plastic |
| Art style: | Modern art |
| Genre: | Cityscape |
| Auction house category: | Paintings, Watercolors, Drawings, Watercolors and drawings |
| Artist: | William Roberts (1895 - 1980) |
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| Applied technique: | Pencil, Painted, Watercolor |
| Medium: | Acrylic glass, Plastic |
| Art style: | Modern art |
| Genre: | Cityscape |
| Auction house category: | Paintings, Watercolors, Drawings, Watercolors and drawings |
| Address of auction |
CHRISTIE'S 8 King Street, St. James's SW1Y 6QT London United Kingdom | |
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