GRAHAM SUTHERLAND | Road with Rocks

Sir Kenneth Clark
Acquired by the present owner, circa 1993

London, National Gallery, Exhibition of 20th Century British Paintings, 1940, cat. no.338 (lent by Sir Kenneth Clark, as Landscape);
Leeds, Temple Newsham, Henry Moore, John Piper, Graham Sutherland, 25th July - 28th September 1941, cat. no.139 (lent by Sir Kenneth Clark);
Palm Beach, Florida, The Society of the Four Arts, 2nd – 24th February 1954 (details untraced);
Cardiff, Arts Council of Great Britain Welsh Committee, Graham Sutherland. Drawings of Wales, 10th June - 15th June 1963, cat. no.34 (lent by Sir Kenneth Clark, dated 1941);
London, The Arts Council of Great Britain, Clark Loan Collection, cat. no.42 (lent by Sir Kenneth Clark, as The Winding Road, details untraced);
London, British Institute of Adult Education, cat. no.65 (lent by Sir Kenneth Clark, dated 1941, details untraced);
Houston, Museum of Fine Arts of Houston (details untraced);
London, Tate, Graham Sutherland, 19th May - 4th July 1982, cat. no.34, illustrated p.69 (lent by Sir Kenneth Clark).

Oliver Simon, 'New Draughtsmen' in Signature, November 1935, p.29;
Edward Sackville-West, Graham Sutherland, Penguin Books, London, 1945, cat. no.4, illustrated p.20;
Douglas Cooper, The Work of Graham Sutherland, Lund Humphries, London, 1961, cat. no.8b, p.69, illustrated p.92.

The sheet has been affixed to the backboard with three strips of adhesive tape. The sheet is unevenly cut to the lower edge and unevenly cut or torn to the upper edge, not visible in the present mount. The sheet has been laid down onto a conservation sheet. The sheet undulates very slightly. There are historic repaired tears to the centre of the upper edge, the centre of the right edge, and to the upper edge towards the upper right corner with a few more minor examples elsewhere. None of these are visible in the present mount. There is a faint horizontal crease to the right of centre with a few more minor examples elsewhere, largely towards the extreme edges and not visible in the present mount. The paper is slightly rubbed through towards the centre of the upper edge. The sheet has staining and time staining in line with a previous mount, and the ink may have faded slightly. There are some faint handling marks towards the edges of the sheet, not visible in the present mount. This excepting, the work appears in good overall condition. The work is window mounted and held behind perspex in a painted wooden frame. Please telephone the department on +44 (0) 207 293 6424 if you have any questions regarding the present work.
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