William Roberts, R.A.

The Leicester Galleries, London, where acquired by
Wilfrid A. Evill January 1952 for £31.10.0, by whom bequeathed to Honor Frost in 1963

London, The Leicester Galleries, New Year Exhibition, January 1952, cat. no.30;
Hampstead, The Home of Wilfrid A. Evill, Contemporary Art Society, Catalogue of the Greater Portion of a Collection of Modern English Paintings, Water Colours, Drawings and Sculpture Belonging to W. A. Evill, March 1955, cat. no.49 (as Self Portrait of an Artist);
London, The Home of Wilfrid A. Evill, Contemporary Art Society, Pictures, Drawings, Water Colours and Sculpture, April - May 1961, (part III- section 2) cat. no.16;
Brighton, Brighton Art Gallery, The Wilfrid Evill Memorial Exhibition, June - August 1965, cat. no.156;
London, Anthony d'Offay, William Roberts (1895-1980): Drawings and Watercolours, 28th November - 19th December 1980, cat. no.37 (dated circa 1951).

The sheet is sound and has been laid down. The work appears to be in generally excellent original condition. Held under glass in a stained wood frame with a clean mount. Please telephone the department on 020 7293 6424 if you have any questions regarding the present work.
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A study for the present work was sold 21st November 2000 (Phillips London, Lot 77) under the title The Self Portrait and was signed and dated 1947.

We are grateful to David Cleall for his kind assistance with the cataloguing of the present work.