AN ENGLISH CUBIST
WILLIAM ROBERTS:
The Wiring Party + study
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 Wiring Party– study (aka Second Defence System), 1918–19
Pencil, coloured chalk and watercolour, squared, 16 cm x 16.5 cm
PROVENANCE (as Second Defence System): Tib Lane Gallery > ? > Christie’s 21 Oct. 2021 (£30,000)
EXHIBITION HISTORY (as Second Defence System): Hamet Gallery 1971 (where dated 1916–18), Manchester (1) 1972 (where dated 1916–18)
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The Wiring Party, 1918–19
Red chalk with grey wash, squared, 27.5 cm x 38 cm
PROVENANCE: Sotheby's 11 Dec. 1968 (as Putting Up Barbed Wire, £190) > Piccadilly Gallery > ? > Sotheby's 28 Sept. 1994 > Dr and Mrs Jeffrey Sherwin > Christie's 21 Jan. 2020 (£395,250)
EXHIBITION HISTORY: New English Art Club 1919, Leeds/Ben Uri Gallery 2003, Estorick Collection 2004, Leeds 2009
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