The William Roberts Society

William Roberts:

Girl Playing Guitar – study

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.

Girl Playing Guitar (aka Sarah with Guitar ) – study, c. 1931
Watercolour and pencil, squared, 18.4 cm x 12.7 cm

The date may possibly be later, as the style is more consistant with works from the early 1940s – cf. The Guitarist (John)
PROVENANCE: Piccadilly Gallery > Edgar Astaire > Bloomsbury Auctions 3 May 2007 (£3,500)
EXHIBITION HISTORY: Tib Lane Gallery, Manchester (date unknown)