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Property from the Collection of Luke Gertler and Francis Guilfoyle

William Roberts, R.A.

Bed-time Story

Auction Closed

June 7, 03:45 PM GMT

Estimate

30,000 - 40,000 GBP

Lot Details

Description

Property from the Collection of Luke Gertler and Francis Guilfoyle

William Roberts

1895 - 1980

Bed-time Story


signed Roberts. (lower left)

oil on canvas

unframed: 25.5 by 35.5cm.; 10 by 14in.

framed: 35 by 45.5cm.; 13¾ by 18in.

Executed in 1943.


We are grateful to David Cleall and Bob Davenport for their kind assistance with the cataloguing of the present work.

Purchased from the Artist by Mrs Nora Meninsky, London, circa 1959

Acquired by the present owners prior to 2017

London, Royal Society of British Artists Galleries, London Group, Paintings and Drawings by William Roberts, May - June 1948

London, Leicester Galleries, Paintings and Drawings by William Roberts, February 1958

London, Tate Gallery, William Roberts ARA Retrospective Exhibition, 20 November - 19 December 1965, no. 71

Leeds, University Gallery, William Roberts and Jacob Kramer: The Tortoise and the Hare, 30 April - 20 June 2003, with tour to the Ben Uri Gallery, London