Sir Stanley Spencer
20. The Artist's Hand and a Study for a Painting, possibly 'Zacharias and Elizabeth' (recto); and A Figure Study (verso), 1913
Pen and black ink on paper (recto); red chalk (verso)
27.9 x 20.3cm
12487 C
$ 46,000
Further images
This study relates to two pen-and-ink self-portraits made by Spencer in 1913 and culminates in the oil Self-Portrait (K. Bell, no. 17; Tate, London), painted in Cookham and completed in...
This study relates to two pen-and-ink self-portraits made by Spencer in 1913 and culminates in the oil Self-Portrait (K. Bell, no. 17; Tate, London), painted in Cookham and completed in 1914. Spencer learned the pen-and-ink technique, with its dense cross-hatching reminiscent of Old Master drawings, during his training at the Slade School.
Beside the study of the artist’s hand is also a small composition study that includes a walled courtyard, a cloaked and hooded figure, and a tall bare tree, all elements that reappear, albeit in a different arrangement, in his contemporaneous 1913–14 painting Zacharias and Elizabeth (Tate Britain, London).
Beside the study of the artist’s hand is also a small composition study that includes a walled courtyard, a cloaked and hooded figure, and a tall bare tree, all elements that reappear, albeit in a different arrangement, in his contemporaneous 1913–14 painting Zacharias and Elizabeth (Tate Britain, London).
Provenance
Private Collection, UKAgnew’s, London
Private Collection, UK
