Description
Stanley Spencer (British, 1894-1959) - Study for 'Welders' & 'Riveters' Drawing (ca. 1939, Pencil & Ink on Paper). On the left hand side of the paper is an ink wash study for the 'Welders' & on the right hand side is a study for the 'Riveters'. Studies done for the large scale painting "Shipbuilding on the Clyde." Stamped en verso with the "Stanley Spencer Studio Sale" & '284' in pen. Housed behind glass in a walnut frame. Double matted. in very good condition with wear consistent with age. Scratches & scuffs present in frame. Hole is cut out of the backboard to reveal the Stanley Spencer estate stamp. Not inspected out of the frame. Provenance: Christie's London, The Stanley Spencer Studio Sale, 5 November 1998/Label on the back of frame is from Spanierman Gallery in NYC/Rago Arts Size: 36.75 x 18.75 in In the words of Stanley Spencer Gallery Curator Carolyn Leder, 'one of the most remarkable artistic records of the Second World War'. 'He achieved a rare feat,' she continues, 'by producing some of the most original masterpieces by any artist in response to the two great conflicts of the 20th century.' An official war artist, Spencer was sent by the Ministry of Information to the Kingston shipyard at Port Glasgow on the river Clyde, owned by Sir James Lithgow. The eight paintings in the series (six of which appear in this exhibition) depict all of the major processes involved in the yard's intensive production of 'Y' class merchant ships during the war. No set pieces or grand events here, just a faithful, albeit compressed, record of the manual process involved in the prodigious efforts of the workers. Spencer himself appears in Burners & Welders. Stanley Spencer | British, 1894-1959 - Study For "Welders' & "Riveters' Drawing | Ca. 1939, Pencil Ink On Paper/Realist Figurative
