AN ENGLISH CUBIST

WILLIAM ROBERTS:

The Life Class + study

Illustration © The Estate of John David Roberts. 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.

The Life Class – study (aka Model on a Mattress), 1975–6 (signed and dated '75')
Pencil and watercolour, 19.7 cm x 15.2 cm

PROVENANCE: Estate of John David Roberts, accepted by HM Government in lieu of inheritance tax and allocated to Tate 2007 (as Model on a Mattress, T12658)
EXHIBITION HISTORY: Reading 1983 (as Life Class), Cambridge 1985 (as Life Class), Gillian Jason Gallery 1990 (as Model on a Mattress)

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The Life Class, 1975–6 (signed and dated '1976')
Oil on canvas, 61 cm x 50.8 cm

PROVENANCE: WR > ? (1976) > Christies 24 Nov. 2016 (£37,500)
EXHIBITION HISTORY: Royal Academy 1976
Cf. Life Class 1972–3