Lot 86: Spencer Frederick Gore (1878-1914)

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.

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.

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.

Property from the estate of Joan Griffith (née Seddon)
No VAT will be charged on the hammer price, but VAT at 15% will be added to the buyer's premium which is invoiced on a VAT inclusive basis.
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.