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

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Graham Sutherland, O.M. (1903-1980)
Study for Portrait of Dr. Konrad Adenauer
oil and pencil on canvas, squared for transfer, unframed
15½ x 15¾in. (39.5 x 40cm.)

and an unframed black crayon study of the same subject inscribed Pour Nenette votre ami G.S. je n'oblie pas!! 5.V.76 19.V.76

Lot Essay

Dr. Konrad Adenauer (1876-1967) German; statesman; Chancellor of the Federal German Republic, 1949-64

Sutherland began the commission in September 1963. Nine or ten sittings followed at Adenauer's villa in Cadenabbia on Lake Como

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