AN ENGLISH CUBISTWilliam Roberts at Auction |
15 January 2019 | Sworders: Gypsies (pencil and watercolour, 1977), £5,200 |
7 December 2018 | Mallams, Oxford: Chamber Music study (pencil, 1937), £4,712 |
4 December 2018 | Woolley & Wallis, Salisbury: Gas Alert (pencil and watercolour, 1919), estimate £20,000£30,000; unsold |
20 November 2018 | Christie's: The Dancing Bear (watercolour and pencil, 1970), £20,000 Sotheby's: The Joke (oil on canvas, 1923), £994,000 |
26 September 2018 | Roseberys, West Norwood: Female and male life studies in shared mount (pencil on paper (two sheets, torn)), estimate £600£800; unsold |
20 June 2018 | Christie's: Jockeys Mounting (pencil and watercolour, c.1949), £56,250 |
13 June 2018 | Bonhams: Dominoes (pen and ink, c.1915), £12,500 Demolition Squad study (pencil and watercolour, 1941), £125,000 |
1213 June 2018 | Sotheby's: The Barber's Shop (oil on canvas, c.1946), £406,000 The War Baby study (pencil, watercolour and crayon, 1946), £15,000 Day Out on the River (oil on canvas, 1978), estimate £60,000£80,000; unsold |
21 March 2018 | Christie's: Portrait of May Berry (oil on canvas, c.1933), £12,500 Self-portrait (pencil, 1968), £11,875 |
20 March 2018 | Sotheby's: The Choir study (pencil, 1962), £10,000 |
29 November 2017 | Woolley & Wallis, Salisbury: The Rape of the Sabine Women study (pencil and watercolour, 1955), £35,392 |
22 November 2017 | Bonhams: Billingsgate (pen, ink and chalk, 1913), £162,500 |
27 June 2017 | Christie's: Sarah, the Artist's Wife (red chalk, 1927), £7,500 Saloon Bar (pencil and watercolour, c.1944), £106,250 |
26 June 2017 | Christie's: The Walking Delegates (pen, black ink and watercolour, 1919), £100,000 |
14 June 2017 | Bonhams: Making the Bed (pencil, c.1963), £6,000 The Fountain (pencil and watercolour, 1967), £32,500 |
12 June 2017 | Sotheby's: The Tea Garden (oil on canvas, 1928), £848,750 |
23 March 2017 | Christie's, South Kensington: Christopher Milford (oil on canvas, c.1944), £21,250 The Fountain (oil on canvas, 1967), £137,000 |
213 December 2016 | Christie's online: A. E. Coppard (pencil, 1927), £10,625 |
2324 November 2016 | Christie's: The Leave Train (pencil and wash, 1916), £377,000 The Swans (oil on canvas, 1972), £43,750 Life Class (oil on canvas, 1976), £37,500 |
2223 November 2016 | Sotheby's: The Harem (watercolour and pencil, c.1916), £93,750 Pollarding (pencil, coloured pencil, charcoal and watercolour, 19446), £21,250 Bicycle Lesson (oil on canvas, 1964), £68,750 |
25 July 2016 | Whyte's, Dublin: Crabs (pencil, c.1958), €2,100 |
14 July 2016 | Christie's, South Kensington: Masks study (pencil, watercolour and gouache, c.1932), £20,000 The Acrobats (pencil and watercolour, 194059), £7,500) The Bonfire (pencil, watercolour and gouache, 19667), £7,500 The Swings study (pencil, watercolour and gouache, 19678), £8,750 |
30 June 2016 | Christie's: Primrose Hill (oil on canvas, c.1930), £818,500 |
21 June 2016 | Christie's: Bath-night study (watercolour, pencil and gouache, 1929), £74,500 |
20 June 2016 | Christie's: War Celebrations (pen, pencil, ink and watercolour, 1919), £434,500 |
14 June 2016 | Sotheby's: British Military Cemetery (pencil, gouache and watercolour, 1918), £33,750 |
10 December 2015 | Christie's, South Kensington: The Shoe-shop study (pencil, 1957), £4,375 |
18 November 2015 | Bonhams: The Rape of the Sabines (oil on canvas, 19556), £122,500 |
17 November 2015 | Sotheby's: The Errand Boys (oil on canvas, 1939), £485,000 |
15 July 2015 | Christie's, South Kensington: Feeding the Seagulls (pencil, watercolour and gouache, 19734), £22,500 Beauty Queens study (pencil and watercolour, 1974), £17,500 |
25 June 2015 | Christie's: A Demonstration (pencil, ink and watercolour, c.191920), £62,500 |
10 June 2015 | Sotheby's: Mediterranean Folk (pencil, watercolour and gouache, 1934), £32,500 |
19 March 2015 | Christie's, South Kensington: Evening in Oban (pen, ink and watercolour, c.1946), estimate £15,000£25,000; unsold |
16 September 2014 | Bonhams: The Dancing Bear (pencil and watercolour, 1970), £18,750 |
26 June 2014 | Christie's: Swimmers Resting (oil on canvas c.1925), £48,750 |
10 April 2014 | Duke's, Dorchester: Gas Alert (pencil and watercolour, 1919), £27,808 |
1011 December 2013 | Sotheby's: The Wimpy Bar (oil on canvas, 1975), £56,250 Collecting Birds Eggs (pencil and watercolour, 1968), £16,250 |
10 December 2013 | Holloway's, Banbury: Fred (oil on canvas, 192023), £6,200 |
20 November 2013 | Christie's: The Cockneys study (red chalk, c.1919) £43,750 The Bowling Alley (oil on canvas, 19278) £242,500 |
16 October 2013 | Sworders: Self-portrait (etching, c.1925), £1,550 Book Cover, for Roberts, Some Early Abstract and Cubist Work (pen and ink, 1957), £1,550 Self-portrait (pencil and watercolour, c.1970), £3,224 |
12 July 2013 | Sotheby's: The Artist and His Wife (oil on canvas, 19423), £35,000 Trafalgar Square study (watercolour, 1952), £37,500 |
1011 July 2013 | Christie's: The Birth of Venus (oil on canvas, 1954), £85,875 At the Fair, Hampstead Heath (oil on canvas, mounted on board, 1950), estimate £25,000£35,000; unsold |
2 May 2013 | Cheffins Fine Art, Cambridge: A Fantastic Ballet (pen, ink and wash, 1920), £64,168 |
25 February 2013 | Pierre Bergé & Associés, Paris: The Party (oil on canvas, 1971), estimate €40,000€60,000; unsold |
14 December 2012 | Christie's, South Kensington: Skittle Alley (pencil and watercolour, c.1927), £7,500 |
1213 December 2012 | Christie's: The Poor Family (oil on canvas, c.19213), estimate £200,000£300,000; unsold Mahomet's Ride (oil on canvas, c.1967), £73,250 |
14 November 2012 | Bonhams: Evening in Oban (pen, ink and watercolour, c.1946), estimate £20,000£30,000; unsold |
Sotheby's: Checkmate (pen and ink and watercolour, 192930), £94,850 | |
2324 May 2012 | Christie's: Masked Revels (oil on canvas, 1953), £181,250 Parallel Bars (pencil and watercolour, 1970), £21,875 |
1011 May 2012 | Sotheby's: Boxers (pencil, pen and ink, and collage, 1914), £229,250 The Chess Players (oil on canvas, 192930), £1,161,250 In the Straight (pencil and watercolour, c.1949), £67,250 Day Out on the River (oil on canvas, 1978), £58,850 |
22 March 2012 | Christie's, South Kensington: The Flying Dutchman (pencil, pen and ink, c.1915), estimate £3,000£5,000; unsold |
26 January 2012 | Bloomsbury Auctions: Woman and Dog study (pencil, 1939), £950 |
16 November 2011 | Sotheby's: Bath-night (watercolour, pencil and gouache, 1929), £19,375 The Judgement of Paris (pencil, 1933), £18,750 |
15 November 2011 | Sotheby's: The Barber's Shop (oil on canvas, c.1946), £127,250 The Boxing Match (oil on canvas, c.19257?), £217,250 |
25 October 2011 | Christie's, South Kensington: Major E. O. Kay (pencil, c.1935), £2,125 |
16 June 2011 | Sotheby's: Dogs of the Beni Hillal (oil on canvas, 1925), £409,250 The Judgement of Paris (oil on canvas, 1933), £109,250 The Recorder Player (oil on canvas, 19356), £10,625 Spanish Rhythm (oil on canvas, 1937), £91,250 Women Bathing a Child (pencil and watercolour, 1939), £30,000 Artist and Wife (pencil and watercolour, 1940), £34,850 Windy Day (oil on canvas, 1941), £121,250 The Self-portrait (charcoal and watercolour, 1947), £18,125 Summer Night (pencil, watercolour and charcoal, c.19567), £44,450 |
15 June 2011 | Sotheby's: Newspapers (oil on canvas, 1926), £169,250 The Restaurant (oil on canvas, 1929), £373,250 The Masks (oil on canvas, c.1932), £457,250 |
23 March 2011 | Christie's, South Kensington: Rhys Davies (pencil, 1926), £3,000 T. F. Powys (pencil, 1926), £1,750 H. E. Bates (pencil, 1927), £2,875 |
9 March 2011 | Bonhams: The Guitar Player (pencil, pen, ink and watercolour, c.1920), £93,600 |
25 January 2011 | Bonhams: Snooker study (pencil, 1968), £8,400 |
15 December 2010 | Sotheby's: The Party (oil on canvas, 1971), £31,250 |
17 November 2010 | Bonhams: The Pet (oil on canvas, 1974), £9,600 |
4 November 2010 | Sotheby's: Portrait of the Artist (oil on canvas, 1948), £20,000 The Rhododendron (oil on canvas, 19478), £10,000 |
10 June 2010 | Lyon & Turnbull: Portrait of Slade Model (aka Portrait of an Old Man) (oil on canvas, 1912), estimate £1,000£1,500; unsold |
26 May 2010 | Sotheby's: The Swimming Lesson study (watercolour and charcoal, c.1929, estimate £5,000£7,000; unsold |
18 May 2010 | Dreweatts: By the Seaside (pencil and watercolour, 1970), £17,200 Trooping the Colour study (pencil, 19589), £7,200 |
17 March 2010 | Bonhams: The Pet (oil on canvas, 1974), estimate £12,000£16,000; unsold The Vigilantes (oil on canvas, 1974), £19,200 |
2 December 2009 | Lyon & Turnbull: Portrait of Slade Model (aka Portrait of an Old Man) (oil on canvas, 1912), estimate £2,000£4,000; unsold |
18 November 2009 | Bonhams: Spanish Dancers (pencil, 1935), £4,800 |
15 July 2009 | Christie's, South Kensington: Portrait of a Schoolboy (oil on canvas, c.1930), estimate £4,000£6,000; unsold Portrait of a Schoolboy with Braces (oil on canvas, c.1930), estimate £4,000£6,000; unsold |
2 July 2009 | Bloomsbury Auctions: Stretching Man (charcoal and blue crayon, c.1920s), £2,200 |
27 June 2009 | Tirioche Auctions, Israel: Brass Balls (oil on canvas, 1922), $368,000 |
18 March 2009 | Bonhams: The Gutter (pencil, 19345), £6,600 Snooker study (pencil, 1968), estimate £2,000£3,000; unsold |
12 December 2008 | Christie's, King Street: The Goats (oil on canvas, c.1966), estimate £25,000£35,000; unsold |
25 November 2008 | Sworders: The Rehearsal (watercolour and pencil, c.1937), £5,800 |
19 November 2008 | Sotheby's, Bond Street: Indolence (red pencil, black chalk and watercolour, 1945), estimate £6,000£8,000; unsold The Park Bench (oil on canvas, c.1934), £37,500 The Schoolboy (oil on canvas, 1930), £14,375 Tea Break (pencil and watercolour, c.195560), £22,500 |
13 November 2008 | Bloomsbury Auctions: Trooping the Colour study (pencil, 19589), estimate £6,000£8,000; unsold |
16 July 2008 | Christie's, South Kensington: La Lucertola study (pencil and watercolour, c.1963), £8,125 Researchers (pencil and watercolour, 1970), £8,750 |
15 July 2008 | Sotheby's, Bond Street: Beauty Queens (oil on canvas, 1974), £22,500 |
15 July 2008 | Christie's, South Kensington: Liam O'Flaherty (black and red chalk, 1926), £1,188 |
2 July 2008 | Bonhams: Primrose Hill study (watercolour and pencil, 194950), £14,400 Snooker (aka Billiard Players) (watercolour and pencil, c.1968), £12,000 |
8 May 2008 | Bloomsbury Auctions: Study for The Crucifixion (crayon and wash, c.1922), estimate £12,000£15,000; unsold |
18 March 2008 | Sotheby's, Bond Street: Portrait of Slade Model (aka Portrait of an Old Man) (oil on canvas, 1912), estimate £4,000£6,000; unsold Self-portrait (pencil, 1960), £4,375 |
13 December 2007 | Sotheby's, Bond Street: The Guitarists (oil on canvas, 1975), £34,100 |
21 November 2007 | Christie's, King Street: Demolition (pencil, 1970), estimate £2,500£3,500; unsold |
20 November 2007 | Bonhams: The Goldfish Bowl (pen and ink, 1968), £2,160 |
16 November 2007 | Christie's, King Street: The Something Road Group (aka Red Slippers) (pencil and watercolour, c.1956), £12,500 |
26 September 2007 | Bonhams: Evening in Oban (pen, ink and watercolour, c.1946), £10,200 |
13 July 2007 | Sotheby's, Bond Street: The Pleasure Barge (Have a Ride)
(pencil, ink and red crayon, c.1929 ), £14,400 |
26 June 2007 | Bonhams: Portrait of Sarah, the Artist's Wife (aka La Femme Tragique)
(oil on canvas, c.1921), £27,600 |
3 May 2007 | Bloomsbury Auctions: Girl Playing Guitar (aka Sarah with Guitar) study (watercolour and pencil, c.1931?), £3,500 |
20 April 2007 | Lawrences Auctioneers, Crewkerne: Primrose Hill study (watercolour and pencil, 194950), £7,000 |
6 March 2007 | Bonhams: The Wagon Lines (pencil, c.1919), £3,600 Sleeping Girl (pencil and watercolour, c.1942), £2,640 |
11 December 2006 | Sotheby's, Bond Street: The Dove (oil on canvas, 1961), £20,400 Ballet Rehearsal (aka Ballet Dancers) (watercolour, pen and ink, c.1931), £27,600 Swimmers Resting (oil on canvas c.1925), £36,000 |
28 November 2006 | Bonhams: Trafalgar Square study (watercolour, 1952), £12,000 |
6 November 2006 | Sotheby's, Olympia: Faggot Collector (pencil and watercolour, c.1944), £1,020 |
11 July 2006 | Bonhams: The Dancing Bear study (watercolour and pencil, 1970), estimate £5,000£7,000; unsold |
1 March 2006 | Christie's: The Isle of Lesbos (pencil, 1970), £1,560 Sailor's Farewell (watercolour and pencil, 19434), £3,360 Towards Better Health (pencil and watercolour, 1943), £2,400 |
29 November 2005 | Bonhams: A Sacrifice in the Rain (pen, brush, brown wash and pencil, suggest 191617), estimate £4,000£6,000; unsold |
18 November 2005 | Christie's: By the Seaside (pencil and watercolour, 1970), £10,200 Sunflowers study (pencil and watercolour, c.1961), £9,360 |
10 March 2005 | Sotheby's, Bond Street: Mahomet's Ride (oil on canvas, c.1967), £33,600 |
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