Acquired by a Private Collection in the 1960s

London, The Royal Society of British Artists Galleries, London Group, 20th May - 7th June 1947, cat. no.89;
London, Tate, London Group 1914-64, Jubilee Exhibition, 15th July - 16th August 1964, cat. no.35, where lent by the Artist;
London, Tate, William Roberts ARA Retrospective Exhibition, 20th November - 19th December 1965, cat. no.70 with tour to Laing Art Gallery, Newcastle upon Tyne and Whitworth Art Gallery, Manchester;
London, National Portrait Gallery, William Roberts: An Artist and His Family, 27th July - 7th October 1984, cat. no.4, illustrated.

Andrew Gibbon Williams, William Roberts, An English Cubist, Lund Humphries, Aldershot, 2004, p.107, illustrated fig.79.

The canvas has been relined. There are very minor signs of slight abrasion to the extreme edges in line with the framing, not wholly visible in the present frame. There is also minor surface dirt, with areas of reticulation to the purple scarf covering Sarah's head. There is a minor surface scratch just visible to the right of the sitter's head. There is a further scratch starting at the neck and ending by the sitter's hand. Ultraviolet light reveals an area of fluorescence visible to Sarah's right eye and to the right of her face measuring c. 2 ½ by 2 ½ in. There is a further tiny spot of fluorescence in the top left hand corner in line with a probable retouching. Please telephone the department on +44 (0) 207 293 6424 if you have any questions regarding the present work.
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We are grateful to Bob Davenport of the William Roberts Society for his kind assistance with the cataloguing of the present work.