Lot Essay
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The Underground
Details
WILLIAM ROBERTS, R.A. (1895-1980)
The Underground
signed 'William/Roberts.' (upper right)
pencil and watercolour on paper
15 x 12 in. (38.1 x 30.5 cm.)
Executed circa 1970.
The Underground
signed 'William/Roberts.' (upper right)
pencil and watercolour on paper
15 x 12 in. (38.1 x 30.5 cm.)
Executed circa 1970.
Provenance
with Anthony d'Offay, London, where purchased by Alan Dixon in February 1976.
Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, London, 22 July 1987, lot 430, as 'On the Tube', where purchased by the present owner.
Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, London, 22 July 1987, lot 430, as 'On the Tube', where purchased by the present owner.
Literature
A.J.P. Taylor (ed.), History of the 20th Century: Our World Today, No. 114, London, 1970, illustrated on the cover.
Exhibited
London, Hamet Gallery, William Roberts: A Retrospective Exhibition, February - March 1971, no. 81, dated '1964-65'.
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