Lot 138
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Gilbert Spencer, R.A. (1892-1979)
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Gilbert Spencer, R.A. (1892-1979)

The artist's garden, Burdens Farm House

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Gilbert Spencer, R.A. (1892-1979)
The artist's garden, Burdens Farm House
signed 'GILBERT SPENCER' (lower right)
oil on canvas
24 x 30 in. (61 x 76.2 cm.)
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Lot Essay

Gilbert and Ursula Spencer lived at Burdens Farm House, near Compton Abbas, Dorset between 1931 and 1936. The artist commented, 'We loved the place on sight, and took it from the farmer, Ivor Day for 10 shillings a week, plus rates' (see G. Spencer, Gilbert Spencer, R.A. Memoires of a painter, London, 1974, p. 116).

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