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Breeze at Morn
Presented by the Contemporary Art Society 1942
daffodil
landscape
morning
mountain
nature
plant
plants and flowers
rocky
symbols and personifications
times of the day
trunk
weather
wind
wind - putto
<p>This painting was originally part of a larger work entitled <span>The Gutter</span>. It formed the right side of the canvas, which was divided after the Second World War, having been exhibited in the USA and damaged. Roberts explained that he had made the unusually large picture after hearing that artists were being commissioned to produce work for a new Cunard or P&amp;O ocean liner, and hoping to be considered for the project. The subject is characteristic of Roberts’s depictions of city life, especially working-class protagonists.</p><p><em>Gallery label, November 2016</em></p>
painting tempera canvas
The Breeze at Morn
support: 438 × 914 mm
Presented by the <a href="/search?gid=999999975" data-gtm-name="tombstone_link_bequest" data-gtm-destination="list-page--search-results">Contemporary Art Society</a> 1942
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<p>This painting was originally part of a larger work entitled <i>The Gutter</i>. It formed the right side of the canvas, which was divided after the Second World War, having been exhibited in the USA and damaged. Roberts explained that he had made the unusually large picture after hearing that artists were being commissioned to produce work for a new Cunard or P&amp;O ocean liner, and hoping to be considered for the project. The subject is characteristic of Roberts’s depictions of city life, especially working-class protagonists.</p>
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<p><b>N05322</b> THE BREEZE AT MORN 1930
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<br/>Inscr. ‘TEL [in monogram] 1930’ t.l.
<br/>Tempera on canvas, 17 1/4×36 (44×91·5).
<br/>Presented by the Contemporary Art Society 1942.
<br/><i>Coll:</i> Purchased by the C.A.S. 1940.
<br/><i>Exh:</i>
<i>International Exhibition</i>, Carnegie Institute, Pittsburgh, 1934 (132), and San Francisco, 1935 (120); Wildenstein, January–February 1949 (23).</p>
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<br/><b>Published in:</b>
<br/>Mary Chamot, Dennis Farr and Martin Butlin, <i>The Modern British Paintings, Drawings and Sculpture</i>, London 1964, I
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Catalogue entry
2004-07-21T00:00:00
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daffodil landscape morning mountain nature plant plants and flowers rocky symbols and personifications times of the day trunk weather wind wind - putto