Study for The Progress of Husbandry: Covering the Binder for the Last Time

One of six oil studies on panel for the large oil on linen painting, The Progress of Husbandry (c. 1964, Tate). All six were exhibited at Reading 1964 (91a-f) but are now untraced. Covering the Binder for the Last Time was the only one of the series to be also exhibited at the Fine Art Society in 1974 (46).

Date: 1963-4
Tags: Figures, Agricultural, Oil Paintings
Medium: Oil on panel
Height (mm): 254
Width (mm): 305
Location: Unknown
Exhibition History: Reading 1964 (91d); FAS 1974 (46)
Provenance: G.A. Hopkinson; FAS in 1974
Literature: Gough 2024 p. 309