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Crown Thorns
Presented by Lady Matthews 1940
Bible: New Testament
cloth
crown of thorns
Crucifixion
cup / mug
kitchen
miscellaneous
objects
pincers / pliers
religion and belief
religious and ceremonial
tools and machinery
painting oil paint canvas
Crown of Thorns
support: 914 × 1219 mm
Presented by Lady Matthews 1940
<p><b>N05122</b> CROWN OF THORNS 1939–40
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<br/>Inscr. ‘Albert Houthuesen 1940’ b.r.
<br/>Canvas, 36×48 (91·5×122).
<br/>Presented by Lady Matthews 1940.
<br/><i>Coll:</i>
Purchased from the artist by Sir Ronald and Lady Matthews.
<br/><i>Exh:</i>
C.A.S., <i>Younger British Painters</i>, Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, 1939 (53), as painted 1939.</p>
<p>The picture was painted in St John's Wood. It was first exhibited in the autumn of 1939; the date was evidently added later, perhaps after the artist had done some further <a class="glossarylinktopopup" data-gtm-destination="article-page" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="http://www.tate.org.uk/learn/online-resources/glossary/p/painting" title="Glossary definition for 'Painting'"><span>painting</span></a> on it.</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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Bible: New Testament cloth crown of thorns Crucifixion cup / mug kitchen miscellaneous objects pincers / pliers religion and belief religious and ceremonial tools and machinery