The Art Gallery

Details

William Roberts, R.A. (1895-1980)
The Art Gallery
signed and dated 'William/Roberts/73' (lower left)
pencil and watercolour on paper, lightly squared for transfer
6 x 7 in. (15.2 x 17.8 cm.)
Executed in 1973.

Provenance

Acquired at the 1990 exhibition by the present owner.

Exhibited

London, Gillian Jason Gallery, William Roberts: An Artist's View, March - April 1990, no. 27.

Special notice

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Lot Essay

'The abstract artist, with misted spectacles, ignores the living human beings about him, whilst they in turn ignore his abstracts.'
-John Roberts

The present work is a study for the larger oil of the same title, The Art Gallery, 1973, which is in collection of Tate, London.

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