LOT DETAILS

Materials:

oil on canvas

Measurements:

44.49 in. (113.00 cm.) (height) by 36.02 in. (91.50 cm.) (width)

Literature:

Royal Academy Illustrated, 1935, illustrated p.32;; The Studio, issue no.119, 1940, illustrated p.35;; Elizabeth Rothenstein, Stanley Spencer, Phaidon Press, Oxford and London, 1945, illustrated pl.45;; Eric Newton, Stanley Spencer, Phaidon Press, Oxford and London, 1947, illustrated pl.19;; Bernard Denvir, 'Art Collectors and their Collections: 2. W.A.Evill',The Studio, vol. 137 no.671, February 1949, p.44;; Maurice Collis, Stanley Spencer, Harvill Press, London, 1962, pp.114, 118;; Louise Collis, A Private View of Stanley Spencer, Heinemann, London, 1972, p.68;; William Feaver, Observer Magazine, 'Little Man Out,' 12th December 1976, illustrated p.48;; John Rothenstein, Modern English Painters: Lewis to Moore, MacDonald and Jane's, London, 1976, p.188;; Duncan Robinson, Stanley Spencer: Visions from a Berkshire Village, Phaidon Press, Oxford, 1979, p.42, illustrated pl.34;; John Rothenstein (ed.), Stanley Spencer, The Man: Correspondence and Reminiscences, Paul Elek, London,1979, p.97;; Duncan Robinson, Stanley Spencer, Phaidon Press, London, 1990, pp.53, 68, illustrated pl.53;; Kenneth Pople, Stanley Spencer; A Biography, Collins, London, 1991 pp.315-18, 338-9, 344, 375, 389, 507, illustrated p.317;; Keith Bell, Stanley Spencer: A Complete Catalogue of Paintings, Phaidon, London, 1992, cat. no.168, illustrated p.118.

Provenance:

Commissioned by Mr Boot, 1935, but not accepted; Acquired from the Artist (via Arthur Tooth & Sons, London) by Wilfrid A. Evill in 1937 for £250.0.0, by whom bequeathed to Honor Frost in 1963