The Master Farmer

Details

Gilbert Spencer, R.A. (1892-1979)
The Master Farmer
signed 'G Spencer' (lower right)
oil on board
14¼ x 9¾ (36.2 x 24.8 cm.)

Provenance

with Rutland Gallery, London, where purchased by Robin Clifford.
R.M. Pryor, by May 1974.
James A. Crabtree, acquired from the above in April 1981.
with Leicester Galleries, London.
with New Grafton Gallery, London, December 1983.
Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, London, 21 July 2005, no. 21.

Special notice

Artist's Resale Right ("Droit de Suite"). Artist's Resale Right Regulations 2006 apply to this lot, the buyer agrees to pay us an amount equal to the resale royalty provided for in those Regulations, and we undertake to the buyer to pay such amount to the artist's collection agent.

Lot Essay

Painted in Gloucestershire, the farmer depicted was locally known as 'Mr-Barton-in-the-Fields' to distinguish him from his brother. When the elderly Spencer saw the painting again in 1974 he remarked that it was one he was very fond of.

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