Graham Sutherland OM

Sketchbook 17

1947–62

Graham Sutherland OM, ‘Sketch of a road with a curved viaduct, probably on the Grande or Moyen Corniche’ 1947–62 — © The estate of Graham Sutherland

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Created by: Graham Sutherland OM 1903–1980
Title: Sketchbook 17
Date: 1947–62
Description: Graphite, chalk, crayon, pastel, ink, watercolour, and oil on paper, 89 pages, 11 pages and covers are missing, 230 × 182 mm

The first part of this sketchbook is filled with studies for South of France themes of 1947-1948 such as vine pergolas, viaducts, 'Palm and House'. But then there is an abrupt jump to drawings of 1961-62, these later sketches include studies for such pictures as 'Noli Me Tangere', 'Study for a Waterfall', 'Path between Hedges' and 'Wood Interior'.
Format: Bound volume - sketchbook
Collection: Tate Archive
Acquisition: Presented by Mrs Kathleen Sutherland, the artist's widow, in 1981.
Reference: TGA 812/17

Neo-romanticism

Archive context

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

Sketchbook 17 TGA 812/17

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