Lansdowne Crescent, London

From 1931-3, Spencer and his new wife Ursula lived at Lansdowne Crescent, London. He painted two views of Lansdowne Crescent in 1931, of very similar dimensions. Both were exhibited at the Goupil Gallery in 1932. The second, In Lansdowne Crescent, is untraced.

Date: 1931
Inscriptions: centre and verso: Gilbert Spencer Nov 1931
Tags: Urban, Figures, Oil Paintings
Medium: Oil on panel
Height (mm): 405
Width (mm): 325
Location: Laing Art Gallery, Newcastle , Tyne & Wear Archives and Museums TWCMS : C9995
Exhibition History: Goupil 1932 (77); Label verso: EMPIRE ART LOAN COLLECTIONS SOCIETY, 3-5 BURLINGTON GARDENS, LONDON, W.1.
Provenance: Gifted by Sir Edward Marsh (1872-1953) to the Contemporary Art Society, 1932; presented to Laing Art Gallery, Newcastle, 1949
Literature: Gough 2024 illus. p. 205