Lot 4: SPENCER FREDERICK GORE | Sunset, Letchworth, with Man and Dog

oil on canvas

51 by 61cm.; 20 by 24in.

oil on canvas

Original canvas. There are some lines of paint cracking at the extreme upper edge of the canvas and in the yellow pigment of the sky. Subject to the above the work appears to be in good condition. Ultraviolet light reveals small areas of florescence at the upper corners and in the centre of the upper horizontal edge. These appear to be consistent with sensitively executed spots of retouching. The painting is presented in a ornate gilt frame. Please contact the department on +44 (0) 207 293 6424 if you have any questions regarding the present work.
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London, Carfax Gallery, Paintings by Spencer F Gore and Harold Gilman, January 1913, cat. no.17, (as Sunset);
London, Redfern Gallery, Spencer Gore and Frederick Gore, 6th February - 3rd March 1962, cat. no.60;
London, Anthony d'Offay, Spencer Frederick Gore, 11th February - 30th March 1983, cat. no.22;
London, Royal Academy, British Art in the 20th Century, 15th January - 5th April 1987, cat. no.10, illustrated.

Redfern Gallery, London
P.H. Byhan-Cook Esq.
Colonel Alexander Gregory-Hood, O.B.E., M.C.
Private Collection
Sale, Christie's London, 6th June 2003, lot 15
Jonathan Clark & Co., London, where purchased by the present owner, 24th May 2004