Sir Roland Penrose, (British, 1900-1984)

Untitled (for Roy)

Untitled (for Roy)
signed 'ROLAND PENROSE' (lower right), inscribed 'for/Roy' (upper right)
felt-tip pen, collage, ink, watercolour and pencil on paper
37 x 26.5cm (14 9/16 x 10 7/16in).
Executed in 1938

Provenance
The Artist, by whom gifted to
Roy Edwards
Geoffrey Lawson, to whom gifted by the Artist's son, 1984
With The Mayor Gallery, London
Peter Nahum
Sale; Christie's, South Kensington, The Poetry of Crisis; The Peter Nahum Collection of British Surrealist and Avant-Garde Art 1930-1951, 15 November 2006, lot 76, where acquired by the present owner
Private Collection

Exhibited
Aldeburgh, Peter Pears Gallery, Festival Exhibition, June 2006, no. 19

Literature
R. Edwards, Chaka & Other Poems, 1981, frontispiece, illustrated

The poet Roy Edwards was a close friend of Roland Penrose, and he also translated Valentine Penrose's poems from the French (Penrose's first wife).