AN ENGLISH CUBIST

WILLIAM ROBERTS:

Antony in Egypt + 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 for Antony in Eygpt, c.1929
Pencil, 19.7 cm x 23.5 cm

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

In Act I of Shakespeare's Antony and Cleopatra, characters comment on the unmanly life that the Roman triumvir Antony is leading at Cleopatra's court in Egypt.
PROVENANCE: W. H. Stephenson > ? > Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide
EXHIBITION HISTORY: London Artists' Association (1) 1929 (60 gns), Southport 1951