Lot 33
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Graham Sutherland, O.M. (1903-1980)

Birds for Origins of the Land

Details
Graham Sutherland, O.M. (1903-1980)
Birds for Origins of the Land
signed with initials and dated 'G.S. 1952' (upper left)
pencil, black and coloured crayon, gouache, brush and black ink
22½ x 21½ in. (57.2 x 54.5 cm.)
Provenance
Mercury Gallery, July 1984, where purchased by the present owner's father.
Exhibited
New York, Curt Valentin Gallery, Graham Sutherland, March 1953, no.22 (illustrated).

Lot Essay

The painting 'The Origins of the Land' was commissioned in 1950 for the Land of Britain pavilion at the Festival of Britain. The finished work measures 167½ x 129 in. and is now in the collection of the Tate Gallery, London.

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