AN ENGLISH CUBIST

WILLIAM ROBERTS:

The Toque

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 Toque (aka Sarah in a Gold Lamé Hat), 1939 (‘painted shortly before the war’ – Tate Gallery 1965 catalogue)
Oil on canvas, 43.2 cm x 33.0 cm

'The very "1930s" hat was made for Sarah by Olive Carr, wife of the painter Henry Carr RA (1894–1970) with whom the Roberts family was friendly' – National Portrait Gallery 1984 catalogue
PROVENANCE: Estate of John David Roberts (held in Tate store, 2014). This and Woman with a Red Collar 1939–40 were both exhibited in Redfern Gallery 1942, but seem to have become confused in exhibitions after Robert's death
EXHIBITION HISTORY: Oxford 1940, Redfern Gallery 1942 (no. 36), Leicester Galleries (2) 1943, Tate Gallery 1965, National Portrait Gallery 1984 (aka Sarah in a Gold Lamé Hat, no. 28)