Catalogue entry
Graham Sutherland 1903-80
Study for ‘Horned Forms’ 1944
T01396
Gouache, ink and pencil on paper 160 x 135 (6 5/16 x 5 5/16)
Inscribed in black ink ‘S’ t.l. and ‘Sutherland’ b.l. and in pencil ‘1944’ t.l.
Presented by the artist 1971
Literature:
Douglas Cooper, The Work of Graham Sutherland, London 1961, p.74
Tate Gallery Report 1970-2, London 1972, p.191
There are two versions of the painting Horned Forms for which this gouache is a study. The earlier and slightly smaller one, now in the Tate Gallery’s collection (T00834), was bought by the artist’s solicitor Wilfred Evill c.1945 and a second was painted for Sutherland’s first New York exhibition at the Buchholz Gallery in February 1946, where it was purchased by the Museum of Modern Art, New York… (read more)
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