Live Auction 18337Modern | British Art
William Roberts, R.A. (1895-1980)
Lot 219

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

The Art Gallery

Closed21 November 2019

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GBP 16,250

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William Roberts, R.A. (1895-1980)
The Art Gallery
signed and dated 'William/Roberts/73' (lower left)
pencil and watercolour on paper, lightly squared for transfer
6 x 7 in. (15.2 x 17.8 cm.)
Executed in 1973.

Acquired at the 1990 exhibition by the present owner.

Specialist note

'The abstract artist, with misted spectacles, ignores the living human beings about him, whilst they in turn ignore his abstracts.'
-John Roberts

The present work is a study for the larger oil of the same title, The Art Gallery, 1973, which is in collection of Tate, London.