Lot Essay
The present work is from Vol. I of the Astor Sketchbooks.
VARIOUS PROPERTIES
Sir Stanley Spencer, R.A. (1891-1959)
Sewing on a Button
Details
Sir Stanley Spencer, R.A. (1891-1959)
Sewing on a Button
inscribed 'Sewing on a button./I like to celebrate all lovable acts. All ordinary acts/such as this of Daphne sewing a button on my waistcoat/are religious things & a part of perfection. While at/Leonard Stanley I found what meaning I could as I/always do wherever I am & here revealed several/of the aspects of love & perfection of this simple order./On the mantlepiece are christmas cards. The room is/an imaginary room I dont know where.' (on the reverse)
pencil on brown paper squared for transfer
15¾ x 10¾ in. (40 x 27.3 cm.)
Executed circa 1939-40
Sewing on a Button
inscribed 'Sewing on a button./I like to celebrate all lovable acts. All ordinary acts/such as this of Daphne sewing a button on my waistcoat/are religious things & a part of perfection. While at/Leonard Stanley I found what meaning I could as I/always do wherever I am & here revealed several/of the aspects of love & perfection of this simple order./On the mantlepiece are christmas cards. The room is/an imaginary room I dont know where.' (on the reverse)
pencil on brown paper squared for transfer
15¾ x 10¾ in. (40 x 27.3 cm.)
Executed circa 1939-40
Provenance
Anthony d'Offay, London, where purchased by Peregrine Pollen in 1979.
Literature
C. Leder, Stanley Spencer The Astor Collection, London, 1976, no.34, p.46 (illustrated).