Sir Stanley Spencer
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THE MONTH OF DECEMBER: FETCHING HOLLY
1926 Sir Stanley Spencer (1891 − 1959)In 1926 Spencer was commissioned by Chatto & Windus to provide 25 pen and ink drawings on domestic and pastoral themes for A Chatto & Windus Alamanack for 1927. Spencer had completed most of the drawings by May of that year and the Almanack was published in October. The works were printed at the Curwen Press,London in an edition of 3,000 with paper covers and 250 in a de luxe edition. Public reaction to the publication was at first mixed, but newspaper reviews were uniformally favourable, describing the drawings as ‘impish and attractive’, ‘charming’ and ‘delightful’.
Most of the drawings were sold or given away. Some, like the work here, were squared up for eventual transfer to canvas; Spencer frequently used old studies in this way, recycling them when the design fitted into a new scheme. Two copies of the Almanack, annotated in Spencer’s hand, are held in the Tate archives. Chatto & Windus republished the Alamanckin 1983.
- Accession Number P2751
- Dimensions 51 X 42 CM
- Media INK ON PAPER, SQUARED UP FOR ENLARGEMENT
Glossary (2)
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Design
The arrangement of elements or details in an artefact or a work of art.
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Edition
All copies of a book, print, portfolio, sculpture, etc., issued or produced at one time or from a single set of type. Printed works can be made in an edition of between one and many thousands of copies. With most printing techniques the plate or screen will become worn if very many prints are made, so to maintain quality (and exclusivity) editions of original prints are usually kept below one hundred copies and normally average between thirty and fifty copies. Prints made up of several different plates can be extremely complicated and time-consuming to edition, so in these cases editions are kept low for practical reasons. Sculptural editions are a set of cast sculptures taken from the same mould or master. These editions are usually much lower, consisting of no more than six casts. Though each cast in an edition might have a lower value than a unique piece, it may be a more effective way of offsetting costs of an expensive process such as bronze casting.
Work Theme
Past exhibitions
MY CHOICE WORKS SELECTED BY PAULA REGO FROM THE BRITISH COUNCIL COLLECTION
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2011
- Portugal, Coimbra, Univesidade de Coimbra, Casa de Caldeiras
- Portugal, Edp Foundation
- Portugal, Cascais, Casa Das Historias
THRESHOLDS
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2012
- Macedonia, Skopje, Museum Of Contemporary Art
- Malta, Valletta, St James Cavalier Centre For Creativity
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2010
- UK, London, Whitechapel Art Gallery
AGUARELAS E DESENHOS INGLSES DO SECULO VINTE
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1955
- Portugal, Lisbon, Secretariado Nacional Da Informacao
BRITISH DRAWINGS AND WATERCOLOURS OF THE 20TH CENTURY FROM THE COLLECTION OF THE BRITISH COUNCIL
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1980
- Germany, Karl-Marx-Stadt, Stadtische Kunstammlungen
- Germany, Weimar, Kunstammlungen
- Germany, Leipzig, Altes Rathaus
- Germany, Cologne, Wallraf-Richartz-Museum
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1978
- Czechoslovakia, Prague, Kinsky Palace
- Czechoslovakia, Ceske Budejovice, Ceske Budejovice
- Slovakia, Bratislava, Slovak National Gallery
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1977
- Romania, Bucharest, National Gallery
- Germany, Berlin, Neue Berliner Galerie
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1976
- Hungary, Budapest, National Gallery
- Bulgaria, Sofia, National Gallery
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1975
- France, Bourges, Maison De La Culture
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1974
- Korea, Seoul, National Museum Of Contemporary Art
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1973
- Japan, Tokyo, Tokyo
- Japan, Sendai, Sendai
- Japan, Yokohama, Yokohama
- Japan, Nagano, Nagano
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1969
- Chile, Chile
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1968
- Argentina, Buenos Aires, British Council Office - Buenos Aires
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1966
- Algeria, Algiers, British Council Office - Algiers
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1965
- Hong Kong, Hong Kong City Hall Art Gallery
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1964
- Lebanon, Sursock Museum
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1963
- Gibraltar, Calpe Institute
- Malta, Valletta, Malta Society Of Arts
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1962
- Greece, Athens, Centre Of Letters And Fine Arts Of The Ministry Of Education
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1961
- Finland, Finland
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1960
- Austria, Vienna, British Council Office - Vienna
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1958
- Belgium, Belgium
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1955
- Canada, Canada
- Portugal, Coimbra, Museu Da Nacional Machado De Castro
- Portugal, Porto, Museu Nacional Soares Dos Reis
- Portugal, Lisbon, Lisbon
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1954
- Israel, Haifa, Museum Of Modern Art
- Israel, Tel Aviv, Tel Aviv Museum
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1953
- New Zealand, Palmerston, The Science Centre And Manawatu Museum
- New Zealand, Wanganni
- New Zealand, Nelson, Suter Art Gallery
- New Zealand, Auckland, Aukland City Art Gallery
- New Zealand, Wellington, Wellington City Art Gallery
- New Zealand, Napier, Napier
- New Zealand, Christchurch, Robert Mcdougall Art Gallery
- New Zealand, Dunedin, Dunedin Public Art Gallery
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1952
- Spain, Madrid, British Institute
- Spain, Barcelona, British Institute
- Germany, Heidelberg, Kurpfalzisches Museum
- Germany, Mannheim, Kunsthalle
- Germany, Konstanz, Europahaus
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1951
- Germany, Dortmund, Museum Am Ostwall
- Germany, Kunsthalle
- Germany, Munich, Amerika Haus
- Germany, Wiesbaden, Landesmuseum
- Germany, Stuttgart, Staatsgalerie
