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William Roberts:

Masked Revels

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Masked Revels, 1953
Oil on canvas, 112.1 cm x 90.8 cm

PROVENANCE: Purchased from the artist by Ernest Cooper > Sotheby's 26 Nov. 1997 (£31,000) > Michael Heller > Christie's 23 May 2012 (£181,250)
EXHIBITION HISTORY: Royal Academy 1954, Leicester Galleries 1958, Tate Gallery 1965, Southampton 1967 (loan), Worthing 1972, Leeds/Ben Uri Gallery 2003, Newcastle 2004
Bonhams sold a reduced-size copy of this picture as Circus Parade, with the signature Raphael Delorme, in 2005 (£956) and again in 2010 (£480).