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Sir Stanley Spencer, R.A. 1891-1959
Estimate
6,000 - 8,000 GBP
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Description
- Sir Stanley Spencer, R.A.
- Naming Lion
- pencil, squared for transfer
- 40.5 by 28cm., 16 by 11in.
Literature
Carolyn Leder, Stanley Spencer: The Astor Collection, Thomas Gibson Publishing, London, 1976, no.89, illustrated p.79.
Catalogue Note
Executed between January 1943 and March 1944, the present work was included in volume 2 of the Astor Collection, p.51. As with the previous lot, this composition was incorporated with minor alterations into Spencer's 'The Temptation of St. Anthony' (1945, Private Collection, Switzerland).