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    21 May 2009

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    Lot 86

    Spencer Frederick Gore (1878-1914)

    Camden Town Nude

    Price realised

    GBP 15,000

    Estimate

    GBP 12,000 - GBP 18,000

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    Spencer Frederick Gore (1878-1914)
    Camden Town Nude
    signed with initials 'FG' (lower right)
    oil on canvas laid on board
    20 x 16 in. (50.8 x 40.6 cm.)
    Painted circa 1908-09.

    Provenance

    J.W. Freshfield.
    Sir Keith Murdoch; sold from his collection in 1953, where purchased by Robert Haines.
    with Redfern Gallery, London, September 1957, where purchased by Gerald Griffith.

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    Literature and exhibited

    Exhibited

    French and English Contemporary Art, Herald Exhibition, 1939, catalogue not traced.
    Melbourne, Town Hall, Exhibition of Modern European Paintings and Sculpture, 1949, catalogue not traced.


    Lot Essay

    Gore painted this corner of his room repeatedly; for other examples see The Bedroom (Art Gallery of Hamilton, Ontario), The Toilet (Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge) and The Blue Petticoat (Aberdeen Art Gallery). The fact that it is initialled, rather than bearing the studio stamp, suggests that it was sold (or given to a friend) within Gore's lifetime.

    The former owner of the present work, Australian newspaper proprietor Sir Keith Murdoch (1885-1952), was the father of Rupert Murdoch (b. 1931).

    We are very grateful to Dr Wendy Baron for her assistance in preparing this catalogue entry.

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    Pre-Lot Text

    Property from the estate of Joan Griffith (née Seddon)

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