20th Century British Art

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Lot 21
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Gilbert Spencer 1892-1979

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Description

  • Gilbert Spencer
  • The Master Farmer
  • signed
  • oil on board, squared for transfer
  • 38 by 25.5cm., 15 by 10in.

Provenance

Rutland Gallery, London, whence purchased by Robin Clifford
Leicester Galleries, London
R.M. Pryor, by May 1974
James A. Crabtree, acquired from the above, April 1981
New Grafton Gallery, London, December 1983

Catalogue Note

Painted in Gloucestershire, the farmer depicted was locally known as 'Mr-Barton-in-the-Fields' to distinguish him from his brother. When the elderly Spencer saw the painting again in 1974 he remarked that it was one he was very fond of.