Summer (from The Four Seasons) - William Roberts R.A. - 1895-1980
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Year: 1937
Medium: Pen and ink on paper
Inscribed:
Signed 'Roberts' lower right and S/S in pencil below
Size: 18.2 x 13.2 cms
Description:
The four drawings are remarkable for their exquisitely controlled and delicate pen and ink technique. In the nineteen eighties, they were privately published by Sarah and John Roberts, the artist's widow and son, who sent them in the form of calendars as Christmas greetings to their friends.
Provenance:
Ernest Cooper, lifelong supporter and collector of Roberts' work, commissioned these drawings for his magazine Better Health, in which they were published in 1937
