Sir Stanley Spencer, R.A. (1891-1959)

Details

Sir Stanley Spencer, R.A. (1891-1959)

The Paralytic being let into the Top of the House on his Bed

oil on panel
11¾ x 13in. (29.8 x 33cm.)

Provenance

Arthur Tooth & Son, London
Dr. A.D. Taliano, Canada

Literature

K.Bell, Stanley Spencer A Complete Catalogue of the Paintings, London, 1992, no.37, pp.44-5 (illustrated in colour)

Exhibited

London, Goupil Gallery, Stanley Spencer, March 1927, no. 61
Toronto, Macmillan and Perrin Gallery, Stanley Spencer R.A., Oct. 1981, no.1

Lot Essay

An illustration of the Miracle of Capernaeum, Luke 5: 17-20. In common with other religious paintings of the 1920s the events take place at Cookham and the paralytic is being lowered through the roof of Spencer's next-door neighbours, at The Nest. The ladders belong to Fairchild, the Cookham builder (see K. Bell, loc. cit.)

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