AN ENGLISH CUBIST

WILLIAM ROBERTS:

Sketch for River Painting

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.

Sketch for River Painting, c.1919
Pencil, 8.8 cm x 14.0 cm
(verso: colour notes)

PROVENANCE: Estate of John David Roberts, accepted by HM Government in lieu of inheritance tax and allocated to Tate 2007 (T12693)
EXHIBITION HISTORY: Cambridge 1985, Gillian Jason Gallery (2) 1986, Tate Britain 2012
REPRODUCED: Roberts, Paintings 1917–1958, p. 19 (where dated 1919)
Cf. The Port of London c.1922 and Shipping 1922