AN ENGLISH CUBIST

WILLIAM ROBERTS:

The Gypsies

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.

The Gypsies, 1942 (aka The Gypsy Camp dated as c.1943 in Roberts, Paintings and Drawings. Cf. Gypsy Encampment c.1944 and The Gypsies c.1950)
Oil on canvas, 50 cm x 39 cm

There were gypsy encampments at Marston, near Oxford, where William Roberts was living at the time.
PROVENANCE: Purchased from the artist by Victoria Kingsley > the Roberts family > Estate of John David Roberts (held in Tate store, 2014)
EXHIBITION HISTORY: Tate Gallery 1965