ID 1308517
Lot 264 | SIR STANLEY SPENCER, R.A. (1891-1959)
Estimate value
£ 30 000 – 50 000
The Quarry Woods, Cookham
oil on canvas
20 x 27 in. (50.8 x 68.5 cm.)
Painted in 1920-21.
Provenance
Purchased by J. Roskill K.C. at the 1927 exhibition.
Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, London, 13 March 1974, lot 71, as 'Bisham Woods'.
with Rutland Gallery, London.
M. Aiken.
His sale; Sotheby's, London, 10 June 1981, lot 165.
John F. Hickman.
Anonymous sale; Christie's, London, 23 November 2001, lot 68, where purchased by the present owner.
Literature
R.H. Wilenski, Contemporary British Artists: Stanley Spencer, London, 1924, p. 8, pl. 18.
K. Bell, Stanley Spencer: A Complete Catalogue of the Paintings, London, 1992, pp. 240, 403, no. 67, illustrated.
Exhibited
London, Goupil Gallery, The Resurrection, and other works by Stanley Spencer, February 1927, no. 44, 'as Bisham Woods'.
| Artist: | Stanley Spencer (1891 - 1959) |
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| Applied technique: | Oil on canvas |
| Art style: | Modern art |
| Auction house category: | Paintings, Watercolors, Drawings, Paintings |
| Artist: | Stanley Spencer (1891 - 1959) |
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| Applied technique: | Oil on canvas |
| Art style: | Modern art |
| Auction house category: | Paintings, Watercolors, Drawings, Paintings |
| Address of auction |
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