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WILLIAM ROBERTS:

Girl Playing Guitar – study

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.

Girl Playing Guitar (aka Sarah with Guitar) – study, c.1943
Watercolour and pencil, squared, 18.4 cm x 12.7 cm

When auctioned in 2007 this was dated to 1931, but the style seems more consistent with works from the early 1940s – cf. The Guitarist (John) 1943.
PROVENANCE: Piccadilly Gallery > Edgar Astaire > Bloomsbury Auctions 3 May 2007 (£3,500)
EXHIBITION HISTORY: Tib Lane Gallery, Manchester (date unknown)