Sir Stanley Spencer (1891-1959)

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Self Portrait (sketch)
Inscriptions by the artist on both sides including a list of paintings-details of owners-addresses etc.
Pencil on paper, unsigned.
Framed (double sided) and glazed.
Provenance Given by the artist to Ian Kellam c1958. Purchased from Ian Kellam by RFA 2011.

Ian Kellam was born in Sheffield, England in 1933. As a young chorister he studied with Dr. Tustin Baker, organist at Sheffield Cathedral. He later studied with Herbert Sumsion at Gloucester Cathedral, and then with Howard Ferguson at the Royal Academy of Music in London. At the time he was studying at The Royal Academy of Music he met Daphne Charleton who then introduced him to Stanley Spencer. They became good freinds and Ian would often play the piano at Stanley's home.

This drawing is one of a few works given to Ian Kellam by Stanley Spencer in the last two years before the artist died in 1959.

An article by Adrian Glew on the lists that Stanley Spencer had written are explained and illustrated in a catalogue to accompany the exhibition of Stanley Spencer at Tate Britain in 2001 Stanley Spencer, Edited by Timothy Hyman and Patrick Wright, Tate Gallery Publishing Ltd.

PriceSOLD DimensionsImage size 7 x 9 in. (18.3 x 23 cm.) Frame size 13¼ x 14½ in. (33.6 x 37.5 cm.) Date c1958 1950s Antiques Material Paper Origin British Artist Sir Stanley Spencer Condition Condition Two minor tears on folds have been stabilized and the sheet has been cleaned and preserved by a professional paper conservator Item code as176a150 Status Sold

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