The Swimmers

Details

WILLIAM ROBERTS, R.A. (1895-1980)
The Swimmers
signed and dated 'William/Roberts/78' (lower right)
oil on canvas
22 x 16 in. (55.9 x 40.6 cm.)
Painted in 1978.

Provenance

with Fosse Gallery, Stow-on-the-Wold, where purchased by the present owner in March 1992.

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.

Conditions of sale

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Lot Essay

The present work is preceded by a watercolour study, exhibited as Swimming-bath Scene dated a few years earlier.

We are grateful to David Cleall and Bob Davenport for information provided about this lot.

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