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Study of a man's head (circa 1935)

Stanley Spencer

graphite

Prints and Drawings Department, British Museum, London

Study of a man's head (circa 1935)

© the estate of Stanley Spencer. All rights reserved / Bridgeman Images Photo credit: The Trustees of the British Museum

Details

Classification:

Drawing and Watercolour

Materials:

Graphite

Physical Object Description:

Study of a man's head; turned slightly to right, looking downwards, wearing a beard. Graphite. Signed: "Stanley Spencer". Exhibition label (Bucharest, 1935/6) attached to back of modern mount.

Technique:

Drawn

Dimensions:

35.4 x 25.3 cm

Accession Number:

1936,0613.32.+

Credit:

Presented by the Contemporary Art Society, 1936

Ownership history:

Purchased by the Contemporary Art Society, 1935; presented to the Prints and Drawings Department, British Museum, London, 1936

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