Government Art Collection Mr. Philip Hammond To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what the (a) total purchase price and (b) estimated current market value are of the works of art from the Government Art Collection displayed in the private offices of HM Treasury Ministers. Barbara Follett Works from the Government Art Collection in private offices of Treasury Ministers, and their purchase prices, are set out in the following table. All prices include VAT where applicable. It is not possible to provide a current value for each of these works. The monetary value of a work of art can be accurately assessed only at the time of its purchase, sale or by professional valuation. The collection is not actively traded and it would not be a justifiable expenditure of public funds to maintain up-to-date professional valuations of the collection. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | |Purchased price | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |GAC3687 |“Above the Village, Hewood” 1941 painting by Lucien Pissarro |Purchased for £150 in 1957 | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |GAC6681 |“Great Western Railway, Acton” 1907 painting by Lucien Pissarro |Purchased for £575 in 1964 | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |GAC8534 |“Migdale” 1939 painting by William Gillies |Purchased for £42 in 1969 | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |GAC11023 |“A Landscape near Cadiz” 1962 painting by Duncan Grant |Purchased for £1,588 in 1974 | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |GAC13781 |“Landscape, Harbour” 1975 painting by Donald Fraser |Purchased for £2,200 in 1978 | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |GAC16169 |“The River at Hammersmith, after Sunset” 1981 painting by Ian Caughlin |Purchased for £400 in 1983 | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |GAC16333 |“Sea People” 1976 painting by John Bellany |Purchased for £3,150 in 1985 | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |GAC17522 |“The British Museum Great Court” 5/400 2000 print by Ben Johnson |Presented | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |GAC7019 |“Morning Sun” 18/50 1963 print by Bernard Cheese |Purchased for £5 in 1965 | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |GAC9100 |“Derive” 10/50 1964 print by S. W. Hayter |Purchased for £20 in 1971 | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |GAC11186 |“Sand and Sea” A/P 1973 print by Dennis Hawkins |Purchased for £25 in 1974 | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |GACL341 |“VI (Yellow and Blue)” 47/50 1964-1965 print by Lili Michaelis from the Portfolio ‘Personnages’ |Purchased for £8 in 1968 | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |GAC5340 |“San Moisè, Venice” 26/50 1961 print by John Piper |Purchased for £12.60 in 1960 | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |GAC7322 |“San Marco, Venice” 12/100 1961-1962 print by John Piper |Purchased for £26 in 1965 | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |GAC8502 |“San Marco I” 21/100 1966 print by Richard Beer from the Portfolio ‘Mediterranean Suite’ |Purchased for £11 in 1969 | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |GAC12561 |“Printed Fabric with Architectural Design” textile work after John Piper |Purchased for £100 in 1976 | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |GAC6811 |“Tower Bridge” 63/75 1964 print by Julian Trevelyan from the Portfolio ‘London Suite’ |Purchased for £13 in 1964 | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |GAC6821 |“Piccadilly Circus” 17/75 1964 print by Julian Trevelyan from the Portfolio ‘London Suite’ |Purchased for £12 in 1964 | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |GAC7034 |“Pasture” 36/50 1955 print by Michael Rothenstein |Purchased for £6 in 1965 | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |GACL565 |“Quarry (White Cliff)” 50/50 1955 print by Michael Rothenstein |Purchase price not recorded (c. 1970) | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |GAC7504 |“Palazzo Pitti” 5/100 1965-1966 print by Julian Trevelyan from the Portfolio ‘Florence Suite’ |Purchase price not recorded (1966) | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |GAC13500 |“Summer: the force that through the green fuse drives the flower” 1968 painting by Ceri Richards |Purchased for £4,000 in 1977 | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |GAC17339 |“Turn Coat” A/P 1998 print by Leigh Clarke |Purchased for £200 in 1998 | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |GAC17454 |“Knapweed and Mallow, Beachy Head” 1993 painting by Jeffery Camp |Purchased for £1,486.38 in 2000 | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |GAC17458 |“Receptacles” 1998 painting by David Leapman |Purchased for £4,500 in 2000 | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |GAC10535 |“London Bridge” 29/50 1973 print by Patrick Procktor |Purchased for £40 in 1973 | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |GAC12036 |“Le Marché de Marmande” print by Elizabeth Flowerday |Purchased for £10 in 1975 | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |GAC12500 |“London Bridge with St. Paul’s in the Distance” print by William Wyllie |Purchased for £39 in 1976 | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |GAC11781 |“Ice Blue” 56/65 1972 print by Terry Frost |Purchased for £45 in 1974 | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |GAC17249 |“Kernow Collage” 1996 monotype/collage by Terry Frost |Purchased for £1,750 in 1997 | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |GAC17250 |“Newlyn Collage” 1996 monotype/collage by Terry Frost |Purchased for £1,750 in 1997 | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |GACL1064 |“Waves II” 37/75 print by Tadek Beutlich |Purchased for £13 in 1972 | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |GAC7845 |“River” 27/75 print by Tadek Beutlich |Purchase price not recorded (1967) | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |GAC8516 |“Untitled (Blue, Red and Yellow)” watercolour by Andrew Smith |Purchased for £10 in 1969 | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |GAC12456 |“Sweet Bowl Variation” 1975 reproduction of an original work by Patrick Caulfield |Purchased for £15 in 1976 | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |GAC17425 |“Yellow” 33/50 1991 print by Terry Frost |Purchased for £400 in 1999 | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |GAC9839 |“The Foundry” print after Adolf Menzel |Purchased for £7.65 in 1973 | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |GAC12865 |“Pumps for Draining the Kilsby Tunnel” print by John C. Bourne from ‘Drawings of the London and Birmingham Railway’ (published 1839)|Purchased for £40 in 1977 | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |GAC14709 |“Interior at Howarth” 1977 painting by Alfred Cohen |Purchased for £300 in 1970 | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |GAC15340 |“I can see what’s wrong with it immediately – they’ve forgotten the propeller!” Reproduction of a cartoon by Raymond Jackson |Origin and cost unknown—found in Government building early 1980s| -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |GAC5069 |“King’s Parade, Cambridge” print by Edwin La Dell from the Portfolio ‘Oxford and Cambridge Series’ |Purchased for £7.35 in 1959 | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |GAC6568 |“King’s Parade, Cambridge, in the Rain” 19/25 print by Edwin La Dell |Purchased for £10 in 1964 | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |GAC7796 |“The King of Hearts” 1949 print by Fernand Leger from the ‘School Prints’ series |Purchase price not recorded (1967) | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |GAC12139 |“Column, 2nd Stage” 21/75 1970 print by Geoffrey Brunell |Purchased for £50 in 1975 | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |GAC12393 |“Lower Wessex Lane, Spring” 10/75 1976 print by Norman Stevens |Purchased for £26 in 1976 | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |GAC12339 |“Lower Wessex Lane, Summer” 20/60 1976 print by Norman Stevens |Purchased for £26 in 1976 | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |GAC12310 |“Lower Wessex Lane, Autumn” 7/25 1976 print by Norman Stevens |Purchased for £26 in 1976 | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |GAC12341 |“Lower Wessex Lane, Winter” 5/45 1976 print by Norman Stevens |Purchased for £26 in 1976 | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |GAC12661 |“I wonder what my heroes think of the space race” 1962 painting by Derek Boshier |Purchased for £1,210 in 1976 | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |GAC17746 |“The Government Art Collection Sculpture Store” 2002 painting by Andrew Grassie |Purchased for £3,701.25 in 2002 | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |GAC17750 |“The Pillared Room at 10 Downing Street” 2002 painting by Andrew Grassie |Purchased for £3,701.25 in 2002 | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |GAC18083 |“Safe Light, Reflected Ballroom” 1/4 photograph by Jane and Louise Wilson |Purchased for £14,981 in 2006 | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |GAC18147 |“Untitled (Artist’s Impression of Eternity Chamber)” 2007 drawing by Charles Avery |Purchased for £8,044 in 2007 | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |GAC18204/1-6|“Palast I – VI” 23/24 2005 Portfolio of prints by Tacita Dean |Purchased for £24,328.80 (for set of six) in 2008 | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------