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During the early 1920s McCance began to schematise the human body, stripping away detail until it had an almost robotic appearance. This is one of

National Galleries of Scotland: Modern

Title

The Awakening

Date

1925

Medium

oil on board

Measurements

H 61 x W 46 cm

Accession number

GMA 4840

Acquisition method

purchased, 2007

Work type

Painting

Inscription description

Signed and dated bottom right: W McCance '25 Label 1972 – Girvan catalogue No. 35 JANE’S PICTURE WHEN MAC DIES WMCC 25/9/55 [pencil across board. The date is crossed through – probably a later amendment. It was in August 1955 that WMcC’s wife Agnes left the marital home in Hambledon for Glasgow, accompanied by brothers Wallace and John. At Reading University’s School of Art William McCance was a respected and popular tutor – it is assumed the ‘Jane’ was at the time one of his students, there is

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