The William Roberts Society
William Roberts:
Esther Lahr
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.
Esther Lahr, 1925
Oil on canvas, 50.8 cm x 40.6 cm
Esther Lahr was the wife of Charles Lahr, owner of the Progressive Bookshop in Red Lion Street, Holborn, and publisher of the New Coterie, for which William Roberts designed covers. To avoid anti-German prejudice, Lahr also published books under his wife's maiden name, E. Archer, for which WR contributed illustrations. PROVENANCE: Tate Gallery (T01184, presented in 1970)
EXHIBITION HISTORY: London Group (1) 1926
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