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WILLIAM ROBERTS:

Bees Gathering Pollen



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Bees Gathering Pollen

Bees Gathering Pollen (aka Honeybees), c.1953
Pen and ink, 10 cm x 15 cm

A design produced for Ernest Cooper's London Health Centre Ltd and one of the '7 designs for tailpieces in a catalogue' exhibited at Worthing in 1972. It is not known in exactly what catalogue this drawing was used.
PROVENANCE: Ernest Cooper> Sotheby's 3 Mar. 1999 (lot 120, with 12 other drawings, £10,925) > Abbot & Holder
EXHIBITION HISTORY: Worthing 1972(as Honeybees), Abbot & Holder 1999 (where dated c.1945)




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