SIR STANLEY SPENCER R.A. | STUDY FOR THE APOTHEOSIS OF HILDA, OR, HAMPSTEAD HEATH LITTER

SIR STANLEY SPENCER R.A.
1891-1959
STUDY FOR THE APOTHEOSIS OF HILDA, OR, HAMPSTEAD HEATH LITTER

pencil on paper
50.5 by 75.5cm.; 20 by 29¾in.
Executed circa 1953.

Condition Report:
The work is fully laid down to the sheet. There are areas where the sheet is lifting. The left edge is very faintly deckled, and the upper and lower edges are deckled in places. There are repaired losses and small tears to the extreme edges of the sheet. There is creasing to the sheet. There is smudging to the lower left and upper right corners and towards the extreme upper edge. There are some light scuffs to the work. There are a couple of tiny scattered dots of foxing. There is light dust and dirt and studio detritus to the work. This excepting, the work appears to be in good overall condition.

The work is window mounted and presented in a painted wooden frame under glass.

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Provenance:
Private Collection, U.S.A., from whom acquired by present owner