A Lull in the game
Maker
(Artists)
1864-1947
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
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.
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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