The William Roberts Society
William Roberts:
The Schoolboy
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.
The Schoolboy (aka Paul Rimmer – Friend of John), 1930
Oil on canvas, 43.5 cm x 33 cm
PROVENANCE: Sir David Scott (bought at the LAA in 1931 for 18 guineas) > Sotheby's 19 Nov. 2008 (where described as depicting John Roberts; £14,375)
EXHIBITION HISTORY: London Artists' Association (2) 1931 ('in its incisive drawing of the features, recalls Botticelli's "A Young Man" in the National Gallery' – The Times, 30 Oct. 1931), Redfern Gallery 1942, Kettering Art Gallery 1959, Tate Gallery 1965, Reading 1983
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