SPENCER, Stanley

Stanley Spencer print titled ‘Girls Gathering Flowers’.

Description

Stanley Spencer print titled ‘Girls Gathering Flowers’, published by Henry Trivik, 1975 .A photo-lithograph, printed on cream coloured  ‘F J Head’ hand-made paper with red brown (Umber) coloured ink. Title written in pencil in left corner of images and ‘Trial Proof 5.3.75 lll ‘, the ‘lll’ has been crossed out, in right corner. A trial printers proof therefore not numbered. The sheet has very soft handling folds with a soft diagonal crease in top left margin well outside image. In very good condition.

Sheet size 50.5 x 35 cm (17.75 x 13.75 inches)

Item details

This photo-lithograph made by Spencer s friend, the artist Henry Trivick, and is taken from a set of drawings made by Spencer in the 1930s. Copies are held at the Stanley Spencer Museum in Cookham and are extremely scarce. Being a trail proof, it does not bear a Friary Studio stamp. I purchased these some years ago at Bonham’s s, Chelsea as part of a large lot, all of which were trial proofs with printer s directions.

The  lithographs were produced after Stanley Spencer’s death – Trivick produced a number of lithographs from drawings in the collection to be sold to raise funds for the Gallery. The more sought after lithographs are those that Spencer produced under Trivick’s guidance at the Regent St Poly: The Marriage at Cana, Retrieving a Ball and Caroline Pullen. 

Ann Danks: Stanley Spencer Gallery, Cookham.