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William Roberts:
Bank Holiday in the Park
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Bank Holiday in the Park, 1923
Oil on canvas, 152.5 x 120 cm
A bank-holiday scene on Primrose Hill; cf. In the Park c.1921
PROVENANCE: E. Kennington £60 > returned to William Roberts, later sold by William Roberts £100 > Ernest Cooper > Christie's 3 Nov. 1967 (unsold at 1,200 guineas) > Sotheby's 22 Nov. 1972 (£8,000) > Anthony d'Offay > Simon Sainsbury, London
EXHIBITION HISTORY: London Group 1925, Pittsburgh 1929, London Artists' Association 1931, Hamburg 1932, Tate Gallery 1964, Tate Gallery 1965, Worthing 1972
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