Rook's Nest Farm (alt. title: Japp's Farm)

Rook’s Nest Farm was the home of artist Darsie Japp, who in the early 1920s gave up painting to farm and breed racehorses in Berkshire. He was a friend of the Spencer brothers, and this painting was acquired by Percy Spencer, the next brother in age to Gilbert and Stanley.

Date: c. 1923
Inscriptions: lr: G SPENCER. Signed on reverse of frame also.
Tags: Landscape, Agricultural, Oil Paintings
Medium: Oil on canvas
Height (mm): 457
Width (mm): 559
Location: Private collection
Exhibition History: Goupil Gallery Salon 1923 (173)
Provenance: Percy Julius Spencer, by descent; Bonhams 30 May 2012 lot 43