AN ENGLISH CUBIST

WILLIAM ROBERTS:

Antony and Cleopatra + study

Illustration © The Estate of John David Roberts. Catalogue information based on the catalogue raisonné by David Cleall. For this and full details of the exhibitions cited, see the links below. Any auction prices quoted may not include all fees and taxes, such as VAT and Artist's Resale Right charges.

Antony and Cleopatra – study, c.1929
Pencil, 19.7 cm x 23.5 cm
This is a study for a work first exhibited in 1929 (v.i.), so the date of 1930 on the picture has presumably been wrongly added later.

PROVENANCE: Estate of John David Roberts, accepted by HM Government in lieu of inheritance tax and allocated to Tate 2007 (T12646)
EXHIBITION HISTORY: Lefevre Gallery (1) 1935, Lefevre Gallery 1938 (8 gns), Reading 1983, Tate Britain 2012

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Antony and Cleopatra (aka Antony in Egypt), c.1929
Oil on canvas, 50.8 cm x 61 cm

PROVENANCE: W. H. Stephenson > ? > Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide> (as Antony in Egypt)
EXHIBITION HISTORY (as Antony in Egypt): London Artists' Association (1) 1929 (60 gns), Southport 1951