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| Adrian Stokes Still Life 1959 oil on canvas Tate, London |
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| Adrian Stokes Still Life 1962 oil on canvas Tate, London |
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| Adrian Stokes Still Life 1965 oil on canvas Tate, London |
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| Adrian Stokes Still Life - Last Eleven (No. 3) 1972 oil on canvas Tate, London |
"Adrian Stokes painted eleven still lifes between early September 1972, after being diagnosed with terminal cancer, and his death on 15 December. . . . Ann Buchanan Crosby has described how his wife helped him at that time: 'She was crouching beside him, his paint brushes in her hand, his palette was on a table beside his easel . . . Adrian would groan and indicate which blob of colour he wished Ann to dab a brush into . . . He grasped the brush from her and would aim a sure stroke or perhaps two onto the canvas, then jab the brush back to her.' . . . Ann Stokes Angus explained that it was only the final painting with which she helped. 'On the last of the 'Last 11' . . . he sat in front of the canvas & said 'You paint it'. I said, 'How can I paint your picture' . . . he repeated 'you paint it' . . . As he wouldn't start I sat close behind him & asked where he wanted it started & what colour, & though he could scarcely communicate with ordinary words he showed me what he wanted – to my relief he got interested in the brush, took it from me & scrubbed out what I had done but for a bit of background & did the whole picture himself. I think he finished it the next day which must have been Wed . . . At the end of the painting session . . . he dropped his brushes deliberately, with a clatter & murmured words to the effect that it was finished. I was quite aware that he meant everything was finished."
– Tate Gallery curator's notes
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| Adrian Stokes Still Life - Last Eleven (No. 4) 1972 oil on canvas Tate, London |
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| Adrian Stokes Still Life - Last Eleven (No. 5) 1972 oil on canvas Tate, London |
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| Adrian Stokes Still Life - Last Eleven (No. 6) 1972 oil on canvas Tate, London |
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| Adrian Stokes Still Life - Last Eleven (No. 7) 1972 oil on canvas Tate, London |
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| Adrian Stokes Still Life - Last Eleven (No. 9) 1972 oil on canvas Tate, London |
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| Adrian Stokes Still Life - Last Eleven (No. 10) 1972 oil on canvas Tate, London |
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| Adrian Stokes Still Life - Last Eleven (No. 11) 1972 oil on canvas Tate, London |