§ Mr. BoyesTo ask the Secretary of State for National Heritage if he will list those Departments that have acquired photographs or pictures for their rooms from sources for which he is responsible; and if he will list the paintings and photographs concerned.
§ Mr. BrookeThe principal source of pictures on loan to Departments is the Government art collection, established nearly 100 years ago under the aegis of the office of works, and now a division of my own Department. Every major Government Department borrows works from the collection. Records are maintained of all the paintings and photographs in the Government art collection and their whereabouts throughout the world, but a written record would run to several hundred pages and could not be provided except at disproportionate cost.
§ Mr. BoyesTo ask the Secretary of State for National Heritage if he will list the photographs and paintings on the walls of his rooms, together with the cost of each.
§ Mr. SproatMy right hon. Friend has the following paintings and photographs in his office on loan from the Government art collection:
- Albatross, by Anthony Gross, cost: £37
- Two Coster Girls, by W. R. Sickert, cost: £4,500
- Ladder Painting No. 1, by Stephenie Bergman, cost: £1,035
- In The Cellar Mirror, by Norman Blarney, cost: £2,925
- The Red Cow, by John Armstrong, cost: £16,000
- Citadel, Triptych, Bermondsey Street, by Harriet Mena Hill, cost: £3,500
In addition, I have two sculptures and two prints on loan from the Government art collection:
- Study for "Standard Unique", by Elisabeth Frink, cost: £81
- Study for "Hamstead Figure" 1/5, by Frederick E. McWilliam, cost: £135
- Brenda 1984 180/200, and Saturday Morning Shopping 1984 180/200, by Glen Baxter, cost: £117 each.
The costs given are those at the date of purchase.
Finally, there is a work from my own collection and a picture presented to my office.