ID 1045286
Lot 41 | THOMAS RALPH SPENCE (BRITISH, 1855-1903)
Estimate value
$ 20 000 – 30 000
The Song of Phemius and the Sorrow of Penelope
signed with the artist's initials and dated 'T.R.S. 1897.' (lower right)
oil on canvas on board
35 x 72 in. (88.9 x 182.9 cm.)
Provenance
The artist.
with City Art Gallery, Manchester, acquired directly from the above, 1897.
Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, Belgravia, 23 March 1981, lot 79.
Anonymous sale; Christie's, London, 13 June 2000, lot 41.
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.
Literature
'The City Art Gallery,' The Manchester Evening News, Manchester, 8 October 1897, p. 5.
P. M. De Santi, 'It pictura film, Sul rapporto tra "la film" italiana e le arti figurative,' La Città del Cinema, I primi cento anni del cinema italiano, Milan, 1995, p. 84.
Y. Le Pape, 'From Painting to the Historical Epic: The Antiquarianism of the Latter Half of the Nineteenth Century and Its On-screen Heritage,' Cinémas, vol. 29, no. 3, Montreal, fall 2021, and digital publication.
Exhibited
Manchester, Manchester Art Gallery, Fifteenth Autumn Exhibition, 1897, p. 24, no. 149.
| Artist: | Thomas Ralph Spence (1855 - 1918) |
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| Applied technique: | Oil on canvas |
| Place of origin: | Northern Europe, Europe, United Kingdom |
| Auction house category: | Paintings |
| Artist: | Thomas Ralph Spence (1855 - 1918) |
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| Applied technique: | Oil on canvas |
| Place of origin: | Northern Europe, Europe, United Kingdom |
| Auction house category: | Paintings |
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