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Mantelpiece
Presented by the Contemporary Art Society 1941
architecture
candle
candlestick
clock
domestic
features
furnishings
heating and lighting
interior - non-specific
interiors
mantelpiece
mirror
objects
scientific and measuring
vase
vessels and containers
wallpaper
painting oil paint canvas
The Mantelpiece
support: 406 × 508 mm
Presented by the <a href="/search?gid=999999975" data-gtm-name="tombstone_link_bequest" data-gtm-destination="list-page--search-results">Contemporary Art Society</a> 1941
<p><b>N05262</b> THE MANTELPIECE 1939
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<br/>Inscr. ‘AGJ 1939’ b.r.
<br/>Canvas, 16×20 (41×51).
<br/>Presented by the Contemporary Art Society 1941.</p>
<p>Painted in Essex near Finchingfield at Mrs Drysdale's farm and a reflection of the scene: ‘hence I hope the rather interesting greenish <a class="glossarylinktopopup" data-gtm-destination="article-page" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="http://www.tate.org.uk/learn/online-resources/glossary/t/tone" title="Glossary definition for 'Tone'"><span>tone</span></a>’ (letter from the artist, December 1957).</p>
<p><b>Published in:</b>
<br/>Mary Chamot, Dennis Farr and Martin Butlin, <i>The Modern British Paintings, Drawings and Sculpture</i>, London 1964, I
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2004-10-07T00:00:00
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architecture candle candlestick clock domestic features furnishings heating and lighting interior - non-specific interiors mantelpiece mirror objects scientific and measuring vase vessels and containers wallpaper