Lot 27
  • 27

William Roberts, R.A.

Estimate
3,000 - 5,000 GBP
bidding is closed

Description

  • William Roberts, R.A.
  • The Swimming Lesson
  • signed
  • watercolour and charcoal, squared for transfer
  • 18.5 by 14.5cm.; 7¼ by 5¾in.

Provenance

d'Offay Couper Gallery, London
William Darby Gallery, London, where acquired by the present owners

Exhibited

London, d'Offay Couper Gallery, William Roberts RA: Drawings and watercolours 1915-1968, 23rd September - 10th October 1969, cat. no.11, illustrated in the catalogue.

Condition

The sheet is sound. The work is on wove paper. There are two very minor spots of foxing, one on the upper left edge and one on the upper centre edge. Held under glass in a plain gilded frame. Please telephone the department on 020 7293 5381 if you have any questions regarding the present work.
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Catalogue Note

Executed circa 1929.

The present work is a study for the painting of the same title, sold Christie's Melbourne, 6th May 2003, lot 95.