Ingram Reid
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Sir Stanley Spencer R.A.(British, 1891-1959)Portrait of Lady Slesser 71.5 x 61 cm. (28 1/8 x 24 in.)
18 June 2025, 15:00 BST
London, New Bond Street£100,000 - £150,000
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Modern British & Irish Art
Sir Stanley Spencer R.A. (British, 1891-1959)
Portrait of Lady Slesser
oil on canvas
71.5 x 61 cm. (28 1/8 x 24 in.)
Painted circa 1920
oil on canvas
71.5 x 61 cm. (28 1/8 x 24 in.)
Painted circa 1920
Footnotes
Provenance
The Artist, from whom commissioned by
Sir Henry Slesser, 1920
Sale; Sotheby's, London, 22 November 1972, lot 70 (as painted circa 1930)
With Piccadilly Gallery, London, September 1978, where acquired by
Mr I. Williamson
With Peter Nahum, The Leicester Galleries, London
Private Collection
Their sale; Sotheby's, London, 26 May 2010, where acquired by the present owner
Private Collection, U.K.
Exhibited
Leeds, Temple Newsam House, Leeds City Art Gallery, Paintings and Drawings by Stanley Spencer, 25 July-7 September 1947, cat.no.5
Plymouth, City Museum and Art Gallery, Sir Stanley Spencer CBE, RA, 1891-1959, 1963, cat.no.11
London, Piccadilly Gallery, Sir Stanley Spencer RA 1891-1959: A Collection of Paintings and Drawings, September 1978, cat.no.1
London, The Royal Academy of Arts, Stanley Spencer RA, 20 September-14 December 1980, cat.no.40
Literature
Keith Bell, Stanley Spencer RA, Royal Academy of Arts, London, 1980, p.59, cat.no.40 (ill.b&w)
Kenneth Pople, Stanley Spencer: A Biography, Collins, London, 1991, p.195
Keith Bell, Stanley Spencer: A Complete Catalogue of the Paintings, Phaidon Press in association with Christie's and The Henry Moore Foundation, London, 1992, p.394, cat.no.33 (ill.b&w)