WILLIAM ROBERTS:

The Return of Ulysses – 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.

The Return of Ulysses – study (aka Bacchanal), 1913
Chalk and watercolour, 30.5 cm x 45.5 cm

PROVENANCE: Purchased from artist c .1913 > Sotheby's 14 July 1965 (as Bacchanal, £140) > Lord's Gallery > Tate Gallery (T00878, bought 1966)
EXHIBITION HISTORY: Tate Gallery 1965, Hayward Gallery 1974, Venice 1986, Newcastle 2004, Tate Britain 2012