AN ENGLISH CUBIST

WILLIAM ROBERTS:

Dressmakers + studies

Illustrations © The Estate of John David Roberts. Reproduced with the permission of the William Roberts Society. 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.

The Try-on – study for Dressmakers, 1931
Pencil, 22 cm x 17 cm

PROVENANCE: Estate of John David Roberts (held in Tate store, 2014)

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The Try-on – study for Dressmakers, 1931
Pencil, 25.4 cm x 20.3 cm

PROVENANCE: T. E. Lowinsky > Raymond Mortimer
EXHIBITION HISTORY: London Artists' Association (3) 1931 (12 gns), Redfern Gallery 1942 (as Dressmakers), British Council (2) 1947, Anthony d'Offay Gallery (2) 1980

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Dressmakers, c.1931
Oil on canvas, 50 cm x 40 cm

'S [Sarah Roberts] says it was Helen Whitaker (now Lady Brook [see Helen c.1934]) and herself who were trying the dress. She remembers the tulips as being present' – John Roberts, note in the Tate archive
PROVENANCE: Contemporary Art Society > Victoria Art Gallery, Bath (gift, 1944)
EXHIBITION HISTORY: London Artists' Association (3) 1931 (30 gns), Tate Gallery 1965

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See also

Going to Swim – study, 1930 (also dated 1933) and Hands – study for Dressmakers c.1931
Pencil, 26 cm x 18 cm

PROVENANCE: Estate of John David Roberts, accepted by HM Government in lieu of inheritance tax and allocated to Tate 2007 (T12678)
EXHIBITION HISTORY: Gillian Jason Gallery (2) 1986