AN ENGLISH CUBIST
WILLIAM ROBERTS:
The Palm Foretells + studies
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.
The Palm Foretells – study, 1937
Pencil, squared, 13 cm x 10.5 cm
PROVENANCE: Estate of John David Roberts (held in Tate store, 2014)
EXHIBITION HISTORY: Reading 1983
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The Palm Foretells – study, 1937
Pencil, 25 cm x 20 cm
PROVENANCE: WR > Harold Hutchinson > Sotheby's 12 Nov. 1975 > James Hyman Fine Art
EXHIBITION HISTORY: Bradford 1939 (as Palm Reading, £10)?, Tate Gallery 1965, Albemarle Gallery 1989, Artmonsky Arts 2001, Newcastle 2004
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The Palm Foretells – study (aka Palmistry and Fortune Telling), 1937
Watercolour and gouache, 25 cm x 20 cm
PROVENANCE: Sir Edward Marsh > Contemporary Art Society (1953) > Doncaster Museum and Art Gallery (1954)
EXHIBITION HISTORY: Lefevre Gallery 1938 (15 gns), Bradford 1939 (as Palm Reading, £10)?, British Council 1939, Leicester Galleries (2) 1953, Australia and New Zealand 1954 (as Palmistry), Wakefield 1962, Tate Gallery 1965, Liverpool 1976
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The Palm Foretells, 1937
Oil on canvas, 98 cm x 75 cm
PROVENANCE: Presented by London Artists' Association (Samuel Courtauld, Frank Hindley Smith and Maynard Keynes) > Bristol City Art Gallery (1938)
EXHIBITION HISTORY: Lefevre Gallery 1938 (175 gns), Toronto 1947, Tate Gallery 1965 and tour
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