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The Mantelpiece (1939)

Allan Gwynne-Jones

oil on canvas

Tate, London, Liverpool and St Ives

The Mantelpiece (1939)

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Materials:

Oil, Canvas

Physical Object Description:

Oil painting of mantelpiece with mirror, clock, candle holders and vases. Inscribed, bottom right: ‘AGJ 1939’

Dimensions:

40.6 x 50.8 cm

Accession Number:

N05262

Credit:

Presented by the Contemporary Art Society, 1941

Scheme:

Historic Purchase by Purchaser (1914-2008)

Ownership history:

Purchased from the artist by John Rothenstein (1901-1992) for the Contemporary Art Society, 1941; presented to the Tate Gallery, 1941

Relationship:

John Knewstub Maurice Rothenstein Tate, London, Liverpool and St Ives

Subject:

Still Life

Painted near Finchingfield, in Essex at Mrs Drysdale's farm, according to the artist (1957).

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Allan Gwynne-Jones
The Mantelpiece (1939)

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