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Roberts-Jones says of his drawings; "I have always enjoyed drawing for its own sake. I find that my drawing relates to my sculpture in two different ways. Firstly there are the drawings I do from the model. Sometimes they may be studies for portraits - but more often they are done for their own sake, when, perhaps, I am interested but prevented by time and circumstances from doing a sculpture. Also, I keep on drawing the heads I see around me - in the street or on the tube - and often I improvise upon these drawings in small sculptures" (exhibition catalogue, Cardiff, National Museum of Wales, Welsh Committee of the Arts Council, Welsh Drawings 1963, p. 13).

Ivor Roberts-Jones, R.A. (1913-1996)

Study of Soldier in Full Kit

Details

Ivor Roberts-Jones, R.A. (1913-1996)
Study of Soldier in Full Kit
with studio stamp (on the backboard)
pencil
8¾ x 8 5/8 in (22.5 x 22 cm.)
Executed in 1940.

Literature

P. Cannon-Brookes, Ivor Roberts-Jones, London, 1983, p. 11, no. 4, illustrated.

Exhibited

Ipswich, Wolsey Gallery, Christchurch Mansion, December 1999 - January 2000, no. B/H E12.

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Lot Essay

The present work was excecuted in 1940, when Roberts-Jones received his commission in the 53rd Welsh Division and before leaving to serve with the Jungle Field Artillery in Burma.

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