Oil paint on canvas
Tate Collection
Works with images
General Collection
Chantrey Bequest
Collection
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Roundabout
Presented by the Trustees of the Chantrey Bequest 1944
aerial view
architecture
carousel
emotions, concepts and ideas
England
fairground
formal qualities
garden structures
Hampstead - non-specific
London - non-specific
objects
park
places
places of entertainment
sports and games
UK countries and regions
UK London
<p>This was painted in Henry Lamb's studio at the top of the Vale Hotel, the Vale of Health, Hampstead. The window of the studio overlooked the Hampstead fairground, and Spencer obviously found his imagery there. The Hampstead fairground had been the inspiration for work by other artists such as Richard Carline and Mark Gertler. The roundabout with chairs that Spencer chose to paint was a recent invention, only being introduced to fairgrounds in 1922.</p><p><em>Gallery label, September 1999</em></p>
painting oil paint canvas
1 February 2001 – 2 June 2003
2003-06-02
Tate Liverpool (Liverpool, UK)
http://www.tate.org.uk/liverpool/
2001-02-01
Modern British Art II
Collection based display
28 October 2010 – 18 November 2012
2012-11-18
28 October 2010 – 18 November 2012
2012-11-18
2010-10-28
Tate Britain (London, UK)
http://www.tate.org.uk/britain/
2010-10-28
Gallery 14
Collection based display
12 June 2021 – 19 September 2021
2021-09-19
12 June 2021 – 19 September 2021
2021-09-19
2021-06-12
Göteborgs Konstmuseum (Göteborg, Sweden)
2021-06-12
New Objectivities 1919-1939
Loan-out
The Roundabout
support: 521 × 457 mm
frame: 612 × 551 × 50 mm
Presented by the Trustees of the <a href="/search?gid=999999977" data-gtm-name="tombstone_link_bequest" data-gtm-destination="list-page--search-results">Chantrey Bequest</a> 1944
<p>This was painted in Henry Lamb's studio at the top  of the Vale Hotel, the Vale of Health, Hampstead.  The window of the studio overlooked the Hampstead  fairground, and Spencer obviously found his  imagery there. The Hampstead fairground had been  the inspiration for work by other artists such as  Richard Carline and Mark Gertler. The roundabout  with chairs that Spencer chose to paint was a  recent invention, only being introduced to  fairgrounds in 1922.</p>
Display caption
1999-09-14T00:00:00
display-caption
DISPLAY_CAPTION
<p><b>N05556</b> THE ROUNDABOUT 1923</p>
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<p>Not inscribed.
<br/>Canvas, 20 1/2×18 (52×46).
<br/>Chantrey Purchased from the Leicester Galleries 1944.
<br/><i>Coll:</i> Purchased by Sir Michael Sadler from the artist.
<br/><i>Exh:</i> <i>Selected Paintings, Drawings and Sculpture from the Collection of the late Sir Michael Sadler</i>, Leicester Galleries, January–February 1944 (81).
<br/><i>Lit:</i> Collis, 1962, p.84.
<br/><i>Repr:</i> Wilenski, 1924, pl.27.</p>
<p>Painted about 1923 at Hampstead, when the artist was working in Henry Lamb's studio on the top floor of the Vale Hotel, Vale of Health. The windows of the studio overlooked the fairground.</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, II
<br/></p>

Catalogue entry
2004-07-21T00:00:00
catalogue-entry
CATALOGUE_ENTRY
aerial view architecture carousel emotions, concepts and ideas England fairground formal qualities garden structures Hampstead - non-specific London - non-specific objects park places places of entertainment sports and games UK countries and regions UK London