AN ENGLISH CUBIST

WILLIAM ROBERTS:

Fisher Boys

Illustration © 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.

Fisher Boys, 1972 (signed and dated)
Oil on canvas, 91.4 cm x 76.2 cm

This picture is a six-figure composition with reflections organised around a strong diagonal. Does it relate to Reflections 1973 – a picture that I have not seen?
PROVENANCE: Contemporary Art Society Fair 1972 > Sotheby's 15 May 1985 (£8,000, and titled Tiddler Fishing – cf. Tiddler Fishing 1973)