Lot 89
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Graham Sutherland, O.M. (1903-1980)
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Graham Sutherland, O.M. (1903-1980)

Two Nudes

Details
Graham Sutherland, O.M. (1903-1980)
Two Nudes
signed and dated 'Sutherland 1949' (lower right)
charcoal, coloured chalks and watercolour on buff paper
8 x 5½ in. (20.3 x 14 cm.)
Provenance
Given by the artist to Mrs Noel Barber.
The Property of Mrs Noel Barber; Christie's, London, 11 November 1988, lot 550.
with Redfern Gallery, London.
with Beaux Arts, Bath, where purchased by the present owner in February 1991.
Special notice
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Lot Essay

It was in the late 1940s that the artist's work moved into a phase of sculptural monuments and presences. The present work presages the standing forms that were to occupy the artist in the early 1950s.

Noel Barber, to whom the present work was given as a gift, was a journalist for the Daily Mail. He was a close friend of the artist whose house at Menton, was close to the Barber's home at Cap d'Ail.

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