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# Cubist portrait to be sold by Lichfield auctioneer
- URL: https://lichfieldlive.co.uk/cubist-portrait-to-be-sold-by-lichfield-auctioneer/
- Published: 2023-03-04T08:02:00.000Z
- Updated: 2023-03-01T13:30:17.000Z
- Description: A cubist portrait by an enigmatic artist whose work has taken half a century to gain mainstream recognition is being sold by a Lichfield auctioneer.
- Author: Lichfield Live
- Tags: #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2026-07-22 19:07, News

A cubist portrait by an enigmatic artist whose work has taken half a century to gain mainstream recognition is being sold by a Lichfield auctioneer.

William Black’s 1968 painting, Girl With A Hat, will go under the hammer at Richard Winterton Auctioneers on Monday (6th March).

More than a metre tall and created in gouache – opaque water-based paint – the work is signed and dated by the artist.

The portrait is estimated to sell for between £500 and £600.

David Fergus, valuer with the auction house, said:

> “This is a British artist whose work has emerged from the shadows in recent years.  
>  
> “Relatively little is known about William Black, but he was working in the 1960s in a variety of styles including abstraction and cubism.  
>  
> “Apparently an architect by trade, Black was a self-taught artist who moved to Cornwall to work with the St Ives group of artists, where he also produced sculptures and was acquainted with such luminaries as Barbara Hepworth.  
>  
> “Yet he stood slightly away from the main group and consequently his work has been somewhat underrated until now.”  
>  
> David Fergus

The full catalogue for the sale is [online](http://www.richardwinterton.co.uk/auction-dates?ref=lichfieldlive.co.uk).