Modern British & 20th Century Art - 29th November 2017

Lot 64

‡Graham Vivian Sutherland (1903-1980) Head

Estimate £10,000 - £15,000 | Hammer £19000

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Description

‡Graham Vivian Sutherland (1903-1980)

Head, 1952

Later signed and dated 52

Gouache and chalk

33 x 23.5cm

Provenance:

Redfern Gallery, April 9th, 1952 from whence purchased by

Rex de C. Nan Kivell, Esq.

Redfern Gallery, 20/04/91, No. 894

The Collection of the late Dr. Peter Mangold

Exhibited:

Biennale Internationale d'Arte di Venezia, 1952, No. 239

The Hanover Gallery, London

Galleria D'Arte Galatea, Torino, No. 0341

British Council Fine Arts Department, Graham Sutherland watercolours, Vienna and Innsbruck, No. 42

Literature:

John Hayes, The Art of Graham Sutherland, 1980, Phaidon Press, New York, p.127. In this book it is apparently unsigned at this stage and was thought to be dated 1951