Live Auction 12224Modern British & Irish Art Day Sale
William Roberts, R.A. (1895-1980)
Lot 179

William Roberts, R.A. (1895-1980)

Bath Night

Closed21 June 2016

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GBP 74,500

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William Roberts, R.A. (1895-1980)
Bath Night
pencil, watercolour and gouache
7 ¾ x 9 ¾ in. (22.2 x 24.8 cm.)
Executed in 1929.

The London Artists' Association, where purchased by Leonard Elmhirst, December 1931, as 'The Family'.
Gifted by Dorothy Elmhirst to The Dartington Hall Trust, March 1965.
Their sale; Sotheby's, London, 16 November 2011, lot 103, where purchased by the present owner.

Specialist note

Bath Night is a study for the larger oil entitled The Wash, previously in the collection of Sir Kenneth Clark and given to Bolton Museum and Art Gallery in 1940.