Modern British & 20th Century Art - 4th June 2025

Lot 559

ΦGraham Sutherland OM (1903-1980)

Estimate £4,000 - £6,000 | Hammer £8820

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Description

ΦGraham Sutherland OM (1903-1980)
Ram's Head (Facing Left), Version II
Signed with initials gs (lower right) and dated 20.III.68 (lower centre)
Gouache and charcoal heightened with scratching out
65.5 x 50.7cm

Provenance:
Marlborough Fine Art, London, where purchased by the previous private collector, 1968;
And by family descent

Exhibited:
London, Marlborough Fine Art, Graham Sutherland: A Bestiary, May-June 1968

Graham Sutherland used the present work as the basis for his lithograph in the A Bestiary and Some Correspondences series (Tassi 87).