SIR STANLEY SPENCER, R.A. | COTTAGE GARDEN, LEONARD STANLEY
Estimate:
300,000 - 500,000 GBP
Description
SIR STANLEY SPENCER, R.A.
1891-1959
COTTAGE GARDEN, LEONARD STANLEY
oil on canvas
51 by 76 cm.; 20 by 30 in.
Executed in 1940.
We are grateful to Carolyn Leder for her kind assistance with the cataloguing of the present work.
Condition Report
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Provenance
Alex. Reid & Lefevre, London, where acquired by Arthur, 7th Earl Castle Stewart in 1942, and thence by descent
Sale, Christie's London, 21 November 2003, lot 139
Private Collection
Acquired by the family of the present owner in March 2006
Literature
K. Bell, Stanley Spencer, A Complete Catalogue of the Paintings, London, 1992, p. 465, no. 288, illustrated, with incorrect provenance
Exhibited
London, Alex. Reid & Lefevre, British and French Paintings, March - April 1942, no. 44, as 'Cottage Garden'
Warwickshire, Compton Verney, Stanley Spencer and the English Garden, June - October 2011, no. 38
