AN ENGLISH CUBIST

WILLIAM ROBERTS:

Dressmakers

Illustration © The Estate of John David Roberts. Reproduced with the permission of the William Roberts Society. Catalogue information based on the catalogue raisonné by David Cleall. For this and full details of the exhibitions cited, see the links below. Any auction prices quoted may not include all fees and taxes, such as VAT and Artist's Resale Right charges.

Dressmakers, c.1931
Oil on canvas, 50 cm x 40 cm

'S [Sarah Roberts] says it was Helen Whitaker (now Lady Brook [see Helen c.1934]) and herself who were trying the dress. She remembers the tulips as being present' – John Roberts, note in the Tate archive
PROVENANCE: Contemporary Art Society > Victoria Art Gallery, Bath (gift, 1944)
EXHIBITION HISTORY: London Artists' Association (3) 1931 (30 gns_), Tate Gallery 1965