AN ENGLISH CUBIST

WILLIAM ROBERTS:

Pub Scene

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.

Pub Scene, c.1970
Pencil on lined paper from notebook, 11.5 cm x 7 cm

In the catalogue of the exhibition 'Jacob Kramer Reassessed' (London: Ben Uri Gallery, 1984), Sarah Roberts observed that, unlike Kramer (her brother), Roberts 'was not a pub man; he got his copy from looking through the windows.'
PROVENANCE: Estate of John David Roberts (held in Tate store, 2014)
EXHIBITION HISTORY: Reading 1983