AN ENGLISH CUBIST

WILLIAM ROBERTS:

The Restaurant + studies

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 Restaurant – study, 1929
Pencil, squared, 18 cm x 8 cm

PROVENANCE: Estate of John David Roberts (held in Tate store, 2014)

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The Restaurant -- study

The Restaurant – study (aka The Café, Discussion and The Discussion), 1929
Pencil and watercolour, 25 cm x 20 cm

PROVENANCE: Contemporary Art Society > Bristol Art Gallery (1959, as The Café)
EXHIBITION HISTORY: London Artists' Association (3) 1931 (as The Discussion, 7 gns), Redfern Gallery 1942 (as Discussion), Arts Council (2) 1980 (as The Café)

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The Restaurant (aka Café, Café-bar, Café Scene and Discussion in a Café), 1929
Oil on canvas, 50.5 cm x 40.5 cm

PROVENANCE: London Artists' Association > Wilfrid Evill (Nov. 1931, 30 gns) > Honor Frost (1963) > Sotheby's 15 June 2011 (as Discussion in a Café, £373,250) > Frank Cohen
EXHIBITION HISTORY: London Artists’ Association (3) 1931 (as The Restaurant, 30 gns), Hamburg 1932 (as Café), Redfern Gallery 1942 (as Café-bar), Redfern Gallery 1943 (as Café, 45 gns)), Leicester Galleries (3) 1952 (as Discussion in a Café), Eastbourne 1953, Stockport 1954, Contemporary Art Society 1961 (as Café Scene), Brighton 1965 (as Discussion in a Café), Tate Gallery 1965 (as The Restaurant), Chichester 2007, Fortnum & Mason 2016 (as Discussion in a Café)