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An image of Cookham Lock by Sir Stanley Spencer

Sir Stanley Spencer

(England 1891–1959)

Title
Cookham Lock
Other titles:
The Lock, Cookham
Year
1935
Media category
Painting
Materials used
oil on canvas
Dimensions

50.9 x 61.2cm stretcher; 66.6 x 76.7 x 3.8cm frame

Signature & date
Not signed. Not dated.
Credit
Purchased 1937
Accession number
6357
Copyright
© Sir Stanley Spencer/DACS. Licensed by Viscopy, Sydney
Location
Not on display
Provenance (1)

Arthur Tooth & Sons Ltd (England), London/England, Purchased by the AGNSW from Arthur Tooth & Sons 1937

Bibliography (8)

Ted Gott (Australia) (Author), Laurie Benson (Australia) (Author), Sophie Matthiesson (Australia) (Author), Modern Britain 1900-1960, Melbourne, 2007, 162 (colour illus.), 165.

Timothy Hyman (England) (Editor), Patrick Wright (England) (Editor), Stanley Spencer, Millbank, 2001, 60 (colour illus.). fig. 42

Peter Tomory (United Kingdom) (Author), Anne Kirker (New Zealand; Australia, b.1947) (Author), British painting 1800-1990 in Australian and New Zealand public collections, Sydney, 1997, 163. cat.no. 2056

Keith Bell (Author), Stanley Spencer - a complete catalogue of the paintings, London, 1992, 266 (colour illus.). cat.no. 177

Renée Free (Australia) (Author), Art Gallery of New South Wales catalogue of British paintings, Sydney, 1987, 184 (illus.).

Editor Unknown (Editor), Adelaide Festival of Arts 1966: Special exhibitions at the National Gallery of South Australia, Unknown, 1966. cat. no. 6

National Art Gallery of New South Wales (Australia, estab. 1874), Twenty three British painters, Sydney, 1953, 6. cat.no. 15

Art in Australia [series 3, no. 67] May 1937, May 1937, 14 (colour illus.). as 'The Lock, Cookham'

Exhibition history (3)

Twenty three British painters: NAGNSW Travelling Art Exhibitions 1953, Exhibition Venue Unknown, 1953–1953.

Sir Stanley Spencer: Adelaide Festival of Arts 1966, National Gallery of South Australia, Mar 1966–Mar 1966.

Modern Britain 1900-1960, NGV: International, 15 Nov 2007–24 Feb 2008.