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WILLIAM ROBERTS:

Oboe Players + 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.


Oboe Players -- study


Oboe Players -- study

(recto) Oboe Players – study, c.1936–8 – suggest 1937
Pencil, 25.4 cm x 15.2 cm

(verso) Oboe Player, c.1936–8 – suggest 1937
Pencil

PROVENANCE: Estate of John David Roberts, accepted by HM Government in lieu of inheritance tax and allocated to Tate 2007 (T12656)
EXHIBITION HISTORY: Gillian Jason Gallery (2) 1986

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Oboe Players

Oboe Players (aka Oboes), c.1936–8 – suggest 1937
Pencil and watercolour, 50 cm x 30 cm

Roberts's son, John, played oboe at school and university, and for a time studied the instrument with Augustus John's son David Nettleship (David Anthony Nettleship John, 1902–73).
PROVENANCE: WR > Ronald and Sylvia Lewin (1938) > Rosemary Lewin



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