AN ENGLISH CUBIST

WILLIAM ROBERTS:

Germans in Constantinople – 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.

(recto) Germans in Constantinople – study (aka The Germans are Trying To Make Themselves at Home in Constantinople), 1916 (signed and inscribed 'The Germans are trying to make themselves at home in Constantinople')
Pencil, 22 cm x 14.5 cm

(verso) Four fragmentary studies: for Germans in Constantinople (two), of a messenger approaching a seated dignity, and of two people seated at a table as a drink is being poured

PROVENANCE: Sotheby’s 21 Nov. 1973 (as The Germans are Trying To Make Themselves at Home in Constantinople)