Graham Sutherland OM

Sketchbook 27

1957–8

Colour composition study for the ‘Path in Wood’ theme

This is possibly for 'Path in Wood II' 1958.

Created by
Graham Sutherland OM 1903–1980
Date
1957–8
Medium
Chalk and watercolour paint on paper
Dimensions
190 x 130 mm
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Graham Sutherland OM, ‘Colour composition study for the ‘Path in Wood’ theme’ 1957–8

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Created by
Graham Sutherland OM 1903–1980
Title
Sketchbook 27
Date
1957–8
Description
Graphite, chalk, and watercolour on paper, 46 pages, 2 pages and covers are missing, 190 x 130 mm

This sketchbook includes a number of studies for the 'Path in Wood' of 1958, and two for part of 'The Armillary Sphere' commissioned in December 1956 and finished by 5 February 1957. There are also several for the portrait of Maja Sacher which was begun in the Autumn of 1958. Over half the pages in this sketchbook are blank.
Format
Bound volume - sketchbook
Collection
Tate Archive
Acquisition
Presented by Mrs Kathleen Sutherland, the artist's widow, in 1981.
Reference
TGA 812/27
Analytical cubism Royal Society of Painter-Etchers and Engravers

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