Shoe Shop

Details

William Roberts, R.A. (1895-1980)
Shoe Shop
pencil, squared for transfer
7 x 4 ½ in. (17.8 x 11.5 cm.)

Provenance

Purchased by the present owner at the 1976 exhibition.

Exhibited

London, New Grafton Gallery, A Miscellany of English Painting & Drawing 1900-1940, October - November 1976, no. 37.

Special notice

Artist's Resale Right ("Droit de Suite"). Artist's Resale Right Regulations 2006 apply to this lot, the buyer agrees to pay us an amount equal to the resale royalty provided for in those Regulations, and we undertake to the buyer to pay such amount to the artist's collection agent.

Lot Essay

The present work is a study for the larger oil of the same title, painted in 1956, which was exhibited at the Royal Academy Summer Exhibition in 1959 and Tate Gallery, William Roberts ARA: Retrospective exhibition, in 1965.

We are very grateful to David Cleall for his assistance in preparing the catalogue entry for the present lot.

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