Lot 125
125
Graham Sutherland, O.M. (1903-1980)
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Graham Sutherland, O.M. (1903-1980)

Palm Pergola

Details
Graham Sutherland, O.M. (1903-1980)
Palm Pergola
signed and dated 'Sutherland 49' (lower left)
pencil, brush, black ink, watercolour, bodycolour and coloured crayon
8 5/8 x 11 1/8 in. (22 x 28.3 cm.)
Provenance
with Hanover Gallery, London.
Prof. James H. Grady, Atlanta.
with Annandale Galleries, Sydney.
Special notice
No VAT will be charged on the hammer price, but VAT at 17.5% will be added to the buyer's premium which is invoiced on a VAT inclusive basis.

Lot Essay

In 1946 Francis Bacon was based at Monte Carlo and suggested Sutherland and his wife should join him there. They first travelled to the South of France in 1947. Thereafter they returned for part of each Summer. Sutherland was inspired by the sumptious vegetation, the hot mediterranean colours and the fantastic rock formations as well as the vine pergolas and palm palisades which particularly captured his imagination.

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