ID 1308512
Lot 256 | WILLIAM ROBERTS, R.A. (1895-1980)
Estimate value
£ 18 000 – 25 000
The Recital
indistinctly signed 'William/Roberts' (lower left)
ink, watercolour and pencil on paper, lightly squared for transfer
13 ¼ x 21 ¼ in. (33.6 x 54 cm.)
Executed circa 1944-45.
Provenance
Ernest Cooper.
His sale; Sotheby's, London, 23 May 1984, lot 183.
Anonymous sale; Christie's, London, 13 November 1987, lot 375.
with Sandra Lummis Fine Art, London, where purchased by the present owner's father in 1987, and by descent.
Exhibited
London, Leicester Galleries, Drawings in Colour by William Roberts, October - November 1945, no. 2, as 'Aria'.
Worthing, Art Gallery, Paintings and Drawings by William Roberts, April - June 1972, no. 46.
| Artist: | William Roberts (1895 - 1980) |
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| Applied technique: | Pencil, Painted, Watercolor |
| Medium: | Acrylic glass, Plastic |
| Art style: | Modern art |
| 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 |
| 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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