DOBELL, William (1899-1970)
'The Burglar,' 1930s.
Inscribed 'The Burglar,' lower left (any signature now lost).
Provenance: private collection, Sydney.
Pencil
33.5x19cm (fragment)

OTHER NOTES:
After receiving a Society of the Arts travelling scholarship in 1929, Dobell spent most of the 1930s living in London, where he shared lodgings with a burglar, Dobell using the sole bed at nights and his housemate occupying it by day when Dobell painted.
Estimate $400-700