Alan Sorrell

Southampton Dock

1944

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Artist
Alan Sorrell 1904–1974
Medium
Watercolour, ink and crayon on paper
Dimensions
Support: 521 × 625 mm
Collection
Tate
Acquisition
Presented by the War Artists Advisory Committee 1946
Reference
N05731

Catalogue entry

N05731 SOUTHAMPTON DOCK 1944

Inscr. ‘Alan Sorrell 1944’ b.r.
Pen, watercolour and crayon on paper, 20 1/2×24 5/8 (51·3×62·5).
Presented by the War Artists' Advisory Committee 1946.
Exh: National War Pictures, R.A., October–November 1945 (954).

This shows the construction of part of the Mulberry Harbour works used for the invasion of Normandy in 1944. The artist worked up the final drawing in his studio using sketches which he had made previously on the site in the docks at Southampton (letter from the artist, 7 August 1957).

Published in:
Mary Chamot, Dennis Farr and Martin Butlin, The Modern British Paintings, Drawings and Sculpture, London 1964, II

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