Girl playing a guitar

Details

William Roberts, R.A. (1895-1980)
Girl playing a guitar
pencil and watercolour
21¼ x 14½ in. (54 x 36.8 cm.)

Exhibited

London, Colling Galleries, London Artists' Association, Recent Paintings and Drawings by William Roberts, 1931, catalogue untraced.

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Lot Essay

The sitter appears to be Roberts' wife, Sarah. Both she and their son John were enthusiastic guitar players and would attend festivals in Spain.

The subject of a figure playing the guitar was one to which Roberts returned on a number of occasions. One such drawing, exhibited at the Royal Academy, Paintings and Drawings by William Roberts, R.A., 1975, no. 3, shows a girl receiving a guitar lesson.

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