Lot 186
  • 186

Graham Sutherland, O.M.

Estimate
8,000 - 12,000 GBP
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Description

  • Graham Sutherland, O.M.
  • Cave Entrance
  • titled on the reverse
  • oil on canvas
  • 24 by 19cm.; 9½ by 7½in.
  • Executed in 1961.

Provenance

Marlborough Fine Art, London
Wilfrid A. Evill, by whom bequeathed to Honor Frost in 1963

Exhibited

London, Marlborough Fine Art, Recent Paintings by Graham Sutherland, June - July 1962, cat. no.17;
Brighton, Brighton Art Gallery, The Wilfrid Evill Memorial Exhibition, June - August 1965, cat. no.246.

 

Condition

The colours are much brighter than indicated in the printed catalogue. Original canvas. There is some very minor paint separation to the yellow pigment lower right. The surface has recently been cleaned. Generally the work is in excellent original condition with areas of strong impasto. Ultraviolet light reveals one or two spots of fluorescence in the corners, which appear to correspond to the artist painting over pinholes. Held in a metallic plaster frame with a canvas inset. Please telephone the department on 020 7293 6424 if you have any questions regarding the present work.
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