Live Auction 401320th Century British Art
Sir Stanley Spencer, R.A. (1891-1959)
Lot 20

Sir Stanley Spencer, R.A. (1891-1959)

Portrait of Douglas Crockatt

Closed22 March 2012

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GBP 2,375

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Sir Stanley Spencer, R.A. (1891-1959)
Portrait of Douglas Crockatt
signed and dated 'Stanley Spencer/1958' (lower right)
pencil
18 x 12½ in. (45.7 x 31.7 cm.)

Anonymous sale; Christie's, South Kensington, 18 November 1981, lot 143.

Specialist note

Douglas Crockatt was director of the dry-cleaners, Johnsons (1961-1984). Following a distinguised career in the Royal Navy, he was a magistrate, Vice Lord Lieutenant of West Yorkshire and was awarded both the OBE and MBE.