AN ENGLISH CUBIST

WILLIAM ROBERTS:

Chamber Music + studies

Illustrations © 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.

Chamber Music – study, 1937
Pencil, 17.0 cm x 20.3 cm

PROVENANCE: Roberts family > Anthony d'Offay > ? > ? (by descent) > Mallams, Oxford, 7 Dec. 2018 (£4,712)
EXHIBITION HISTORY: Anthony d'Offay Gallery (2) 1980

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Chamber Music – study, 1937
Pencil, 25 cm x 30 cm

PROVENANCE: Sir Kenneth Clark > Contemporary Art Society (1951) > Wolverhampton Art Gallery (1952)
EXHIBITION HISTORY: Lefevre Gallery 1938 (15 gns), Arts Council (2) 1951, Tate Gallery 1965 and tour

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The Rehearsal – study for Chamber Music, c.1937
Watercolour over pencil heightened with white, 25 cm x 30 cm

PROVENANCE: Sir Hugh Walpole > Rev. J. A. D. Wallace > ? > Sworders Fine Art Auctioneers (25 Nov. 2008; £5,800 net) > private collection, London
EXHIBITION HISTORY: Lefevre Gallery 1938 (15 gns), Leicester Galleries (1) 1945

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Chamber Music, 1937
Oil on canvas

EXHIBITION HISTORY: Lefevre Gallery 1938 (65 gns), Gloucester 1938 (65 gns), Liverpool 1938 (65 gns), Bradford 1939 (£60)