LOT DETAILS

Materials:

oil on panel

Measurements:

14.49 in. (36.80 cm.) (height) by 23.46 in. (59.60 cm.) (width)

Exhibited:

London, Arthur Tooth, Stanley Spencer, June - July 1936, no. 27. Leeds, Temple Newsam House, Paintings and Drawings by Stanley Spencer, July 1947, no. 13. London, Tate Gallery, Stanley Spencer: A Retrospective Exhibition, November 1955, no. 19. Worthing, Art Gallery, Sir Stanley Spencer, R.A., September - October 1961, no. 6. Plymouth, City Museum and Art Gallery, Sir Stanley Spencer, C.B.E., R.A., July - August 1963, no. 8. Cardiff, Arts Council Welsh Committee, Llandaff Cathedral, Stanley Spencer, Religious Paintings, June 1965, no. 8: this exhibition travelled to Bangor, Art Gallery, July 1965; Haverfordwest, St Mary's Hall, July - August 1965; and Swansea, Glynn Vivian Art Gallery, August - September 1965.

Literature:

Exhibition catalogue, Stanley Spencer, Religious Paintings, Cardiff, Arts Council, 1965, p. 17, no. 8, illustrated. K. Pople, Stanley Spencer: A Biography, London, 1991, pp. 216-7. K. Bell, Stanley Spencer A Complete Catalogue of the Paintings, London, 1992, pp. 69, 410, no. 95, illustrated.

Provenance:

Mrs. Victor Gollancz, by whom purchased at the 1936 exhibition. Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, London, 18 July 1973, lot 79, where acquired by James Kirkman on behalf of the present owner.