Lithograph on paper
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Retrieving a Ball
Presented by Mrs Nancy Carline in memory of her husband Richard Carline 1981
actions: postures and motions
architecture
ball
barbed wire
bending forward
boy
children
fence
field
girl
group
groups
landscape
leisure and pastimes
objects
people
playing
recreational activities
sports and games
townscapes / man-made features
wooded
paper print lithograph
Retrieving a Ball
image: 425 × 559 mm
Presented by Mrs Nancy Carline in memory of her husband Richard Carline 1981
<p><b>P11032</b> RETRIEVING A BALL 1954
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<br/>Inscribed ‘Stanley Spencer’ bottom right Lithograph, printed by Henry Trivick at the Regent Street Polytechnic in an edition of about 30, 16 3/4×22 (42.6×56)
<br/>Presented by Mrs Nancy Carline in memory of Richard Carline 1981
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<br/>Spencer probably made no more than three <a class="glossarylinktopopup" data-gtm-destination="article-page" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="http://www.tate.org.uk/learn/online-resources/glossary/l/lithography" title="Glossary definition for 'Lithography'"><span>lithographs</span></a>, all with Henry Trivick. This one was also known as ‘Barbed Wire’ or ‘Barbed Wire at Cookham’. Unlike Spencer's best-known lithograph ‘The Marriage at Cana’, it does not appear to be related to a <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> of the same subject. At the time, Trivick was visiting instructor in lithography at the Regent Street Polytechnic School of Art.
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<br/><b>Published in:</b>
<br/><i>The Tate Gallery 1980-82: Illustrated Catalogue of Acquisitions</i>, London 1984
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2004-10-13T00:00:00
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actions: postures and motions architecture ball barbed wire bending forward boy children fence field girl group groups landscape leisure and pastimes objects people playing recreational activities sports and games townscapes / man-made features wooded