Lot 87
WILLIAM GOODRIDGE ROBERTS, R.C.A
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Provenance:
Dominion Gallery, Montreal (acquired from the artist in 1945)
Private Collection, Montreal
Literature:
James Borcoman, Goodridge Roberts, A Retrospective, The National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, 1969, page 67, reproduced.
Exhibited:
Goodridge Roberts, A Retrospective Exhibition, Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, 14 August - 7 September, 1969. Also shown at Confederation Art Gallery and Museum, Charlottetown; Art Gallery of Hamilton; Musée du Québec; London Public Library and Art Museum; and The National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa.
Alumni Collects, Sir George William Art Galleries, Concordia University, Montreal, May 20-June 17, 1981.
Note:
From 1933 to 1936 Goodridge Roberts (1904-1974) was resident artist at Queen’s University. By 1938, the year this work was painted, Roberts had returned to Montreal and was part of a society of artists who organized themselves into an exhibiting group. Among them were John Lyman, Jori Smith, Jack Humphrey and Alexander Bercovitch. Phillip Surrey (see Lot 21) would also eventually join them.