AN ENGLISH CUBIST

WILLIAM ROBERTS:

French Peasants

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.

(recto) French Peasants (aka Workmen and Farm Workers) – a study for Labourers, c.1928
Pencil and watercolour, 19.3 cm x 11.4 cm
(verso) Man Digging, c.1928
Pencil, 8.5 cm x 4.5 cm

PROVENANCE: Bonhams Chelsea 4 July 1996 (estimate £1,200–£1,800) > Bonhams 28 Nov. 1996 (as Workmen, estimate £700–£900) > Julian Lax > private collection (as Farm Workers, Feb. 1999)
EXHIBITION HISTORY: London Group 1928, Anthony d'Offay Gallery (1) 1969