Study of a figure with a scroll for The Resurrection: The Hill of Zion, 1946 (recto)

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Study of a figure with a scroll for The Resurrection: The Hill of Zion, 1946 (recto)
pencil, squared for transfer
7 x 7 in. (17.8 x 19 cm.)
Figure study (verso); and twenty further study sheets, pencil, ballpoint pen and watercolour on paper, tracing paper, gallery invitations, letters, some squared for transfer, 10 x 14 in. (27.3 x 36.8 cm.) (20)

Sale room notice

There are nineteen works in this lot

Lot Essay

The oil painting, The Resurrection: The Hill of Zion, (Preston, Harris Art Gallery), 1946, (Bell 358e) was intended by Spencer to hang above the larger painting, The Resurrection, Port Glasgow, (Tate Gallery, London), 1947-50 (Bell 358i) and below the smaller oil, Angels of the Apocalypse, (Private Collection), 1949, (Bell 358h); however, the problems of sales and sheer size made this impossible. (See K. Bell. op. cit., p.492).

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