WILLIAM ROBERTS, R.A. (1895-1980)
WILLIAM ROBERTS, R.A. (1895-1980)
WILLIAM ROBERTS, R.A. (1895-1980)
WILLIAM ROBERTS, R.A. (1895-1980)
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WILLIAM ROBERTS, R.A. (1895-1980)

Second Defence System

细节
WILLIAM ROBERTS, R.A. (1895-1980)
Second Defence System
pencil, coloured chalk and watercolour on paper, lightly squared for transfer
6 ¼ x 6 ½ in. (16 x 16.5 cm.)
Executed in 1918-1919.
来源
with Tib Lane Gallery, Manchester.
注意事项
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.

荣誉呈献

Alice Murray
Alice Murray Head of Evening Sale

拍品专文

The present work appears to be a study for The Wiring Party, sold in these Rooms (21 January 2020, lot 4). These smaller watercolour and chalk drawings, such as the present work, are Roberts' most original and visceral contributions to the recording of the First World War. These works still show the influence of Cubism and the Italian Futurists, however, the celebration of modernity through abstracted forms is supplanted by a grittier reality. The menace of power replaces the pre-war optimistic universalism that the Vorticists strived towards. In works such as Second Defence System, Roberts reflects on the human consequence of mechanical progress while still respecting the bravery and dignity of the men who fought and died for their country.

We are very grateful to David Cleall and Bob Davenport for their assistance in preparing this catalogue entry.

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