LOT DETAILS

Materials:

oil on canvas

Measurements:

27.76 in. (70.50 cm.) (height) by 42.32 in. (107.50 cm.) (width)

Literature:

Elizabeth Rothenstein, Stanley Spencer, Phaidon Press, Oxford and London, 1945, illustrated pl.59;; Maurice Collis, Stanley Spencer, Harvill Press, London, 1962, p.140 (as Sunflowers and Dog Worship);; Gilbert Spencer, Stanley Spencer, Victor Gollancz, London, 1961, p.182; Patricia Preece (Lady Spencer), Sunday Mirror, 'Our Marriage Crashed on Honeymoon,' 24th January 1971, p.11 (as Dog and Sunflower Worship);; Louise Collis, A Private View of Stanley Spencer, Heinemann, London, 1972, p.111 (as Dog and Sunflower Worship);; Stanley Spencer, documentary directed by David Rowan, Arbor Films/Arts Council of Great Britain, 1979;; Marina Vaizey, The Sunday Times, 'Stanley Spencer: The Making of a Visionary,' 21st September 1980, p.41;; Duncan Robinson, Stanley Spencer, Phaidon Press, London, 1990, p.76, illustrated pl.62;; Kenneth Pople, Stanley Spencer: A Biography, Collins, London, 1991, p.236;; Keith Bell, Stanley Spencer: A Complete Catalogue of Paintings, London, Phaidon, 1992, cat. no.245, illustrated p.145;; The British Council and the Hirshhorn Museum, Stanley Spencer An English Vision, (exh. cat.) Yale University Press, New Haven and London, 1997, illustrated p.37, fig.23;; Adrian Glew (ed.), Stanley Spencer: Letters and Writings, Tate Publishing Ltd, London, 2001, p.184 (reference in a letter dated 14th December 1937);; Kitty Hauser, Stanley Spencer, Tate Publishing Ltd., London, 2001, p.50, illustrated pl.36.

Provenance:

Arthur Tooth & Sons, London, where acquired by Sir Hugh Walpole in 1937; The Leicester Galleries, London, where acquired by Wilfrid A. Evill July 1945 for £100.0.0, by whom bequeathed to Honor Frost in 1963