AN ENGLISH CUBIST

WILLIAM ROBERTS:

Guarding the Masterpiece – 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.

Guarding the Masterpiece – study, 1978
Watercolour, 13.3 cm x 17.8 cm

'An earlier form of this theme shows two dogs and two warders, all very much on the alert, guarding an abstract painting. The present form shows one dozing warder and one bored dog, and the painting has become a piece of sculpture' – Albemarle Gallery 1989 catalogue.
PROVENANCE: Estate of John David Roberts, accepted by HM Government in lieu of inheritance tax and allocated to Tate 2007 (T12636)
EXHIBITION HISTORY: Cambridge 1985, Albemarle Gallery 1989, Gillian Jason Gallery 1990