Live Auction 638420th Century British Art
Gilbert Spencer, R.A. (1892-1979)
Lot 407

Gilbert Spencer, R.A. (1892-1979)

The Master Farmer

Closed12 July 2012

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GBP 5,625

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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.)

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.

Specialist note

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.