Lot 9
  • 9

William Goodridge Roberts 1904 - 1974

Estimate
7,000 - 9,000 CAD
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Description

  • William Goodridge Roberts
  • Still Life of Fruit and Flowers
  • signed lower right G. Roberts
  • oil on masonite
  • 38.1 by 45.7 cm.
  • 15 by 18 in.

Provenance

Continental Galleries of Fine Art, Montreal

Private Collection, Quebec

Condition

This work is in excellent condition with no apparent issues under UV.
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Catalogue Note

Roberts' intimate and quiet still lifes are homage to the great French exponent of still lifes, Chardin.  By choosing simple, everyday household items, fruit and a vase of flowers, he harkens back to the simple and spartan life he led in Montreal in the late 1940s.