AN ENGLISH CUBIST

WILLIAM ROBERTS:

Shuttlecock + studies

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.

Shuttlecock – study (aka Battledore and Shuttlecock), suggest 1934
Pencil, 16.5 cm x 12.1 cm, with a fragment of a 1931 Camargo Ballet drop-curtain design on the verso

PROVENANCE: Estate of John David Roberts, accepted by HM Government in lieu of inheritance tax and allocated to Tate 2007 (T12710)
EXHIBITION HISTORY: Gillian Jason Gallery (2) 1986

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Shuttlecock – suggest 1934
Drawing

PROVENANCE: Sold by the artist 28 Feb. 1935
EXHIBITION HISTORY: Lefevre Gallery (1) 1935

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Shuttlecock -- study

Shuttlecock – study, 1934?
Gouache, 24.1 cm x 18.2 cm

PROVENANCE: Christie's 16 Sept. 1998 (£1,265)
EXHIBITION HISTORY: Lefevre Gallery (1) 1935, Lefevre Gallery 1938 (12 gns), Bradford 1939 (£10)

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Shuttlecock, suggest 1934
Oil on canvas, 53 cm x 41 cm

PROVENANCE: Maynard Keynes (bought 1938) > King's College, Cambridge
EXHIBITION HISTORY: Lefevre Gallery (1) 1935, Lefevre Gallery 1938 (50 gns), Cambridge 1983