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A Lull in the game

Maker

(Artists)
1864-1947

Title

A Lull in the game

Date of Production

1906

Medium

graphite, pen and brown ink, brown wash on card

Dimensions

Height: 21.1 cm
Width: 27.7 cm

Accession Number

D.1978.XX.39

Mode of Acquisition

Witt Library, transfer, 1978 (circa)

Credit

The Courtauld, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust)

Copyright

Work in the public domain

Location

Not currently on display

Keywords




Provenance

left in the artist's studio at his death and inherited by his son, Frederic Gordon Roe (1894-1985), 1947 (his inscription on verso); Witt Library, The Courtauld; transferred to The Courtauld Gallery circa 1978

Inscriptions

Watermark: Watermark: none.

Inscription: Verso: upper left, black ink, partly cut off at left edge, hand of the artist’s son: “A LULL IN THE GAME / Original sketch by Fred Roe, R.I. (1864-1947) / for the oil begun 1906; resumed and completed / 1919 This drawing was made 1906, before April 21st. / From the Artist’s Studio, 1947. / F.G.R.”; upper right edge, graphite, former Witt neg. no.: “945/25(9a)”; upper left, blue ballpoint: “original sketch / by Fred Roe, R.I”; lower left edge, graphite, acc. no.: “D.1978.XX.39”; lower right, black chalk: three converging lines one of which is drawn over by a small black ink bullseye; lower right edge, graphite: “2101/2”.

Stamp: Verso: centre, black ink: "WITT / LIBRARY".

Collector's mark: none.

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