Graham Sutherland OM

Sketchbook 12

1944–5

Graham Sutherland OM, ‘Front cover’ 1944–5 — © The estate of Graham Sutherland

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Created by: Graham Sutherland OM 1903–1980
Title: Sketchbook 12
Date: 1944–5
Description: Graphite, crayon, charcoal, ink, and watercolour on paper, 13 pages plus covers, 227 x 175 mm

All the drawings in this sketchbook are of landscapes or organic forms and are probably Pembrokeshire themes. Most seem to have been made during his visit to Pembrokeshire in the Autumn of 1944, but there is also at least one early study for the 'Thorn Tree' theme which dates from 1945.
Format: Bound volume - sketchbook
Collection: Tate Archive
Acquisition: Presented by Mrs Kathleen Sutherland, the artist's widow, in 1981.
Reference: TGA 812/12

British War Art Neo-romanticism Royal Society of Painter-Etchers and Engravers

Archive context

Collection of forty sketchbooks and fragments of sketchbooks TGA 812 (40)

Sketchbook 12 TGA 812/12

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