William Roberts 1895-1980
Brass Balls, 1922
oil on canvas
40 x 30 inches / 101.6 x 76.2 cm
signed
‘grimly humorous and immensely animated … like a Cosimo Tura translated into modern life’ – P. G. Konody, The Observer, 18 November 1923
‘grimly humorous and immensely animated … like a Cosimo Tura translated into modern life’ – P. G. Konody, The Observer, 18 November 1923
Provenance
Lord Sieff of Brimpton (Israel M. Sieff)
Thence by descent
Exhibitions
London, Chenil Galleries, Paintings and Drawings by William Roberts, November 1923
Wembley, Palace of Arts, the British Empire Exhibition, May 1924 - October 1925, unconfirmedPittsburgh, Carnegie Institute, Twenty-eighth Annual International Exhibition of Paintings, 17 October - 8 December 1929
Southport Art Gallery, Exhibition of Works by the London Artists' Association, 14 January - 11 February 1928
London Artists’ Association, Paintings by William Roberts, Cooling Galleries, 29 June - 12 July 19291929
Mansard Gallery, Heal's Department Store, Inaugral Exhibition, February 1930
Venice, 17th International Art Exhibition, 1930, illus b/w p385, titled as 'Monte Di Pietá'with miscellaneous registry labels for London Artists Association sponsored exhibitions verso