Lot Essay
The present work is closely related to the study Red Thistles, 1945 (private collection, UK) and Thistles, 1945 (private collection, USA).
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Thistles and Thorns on pink
Details
Graham Sutherland, O.M. (1903-1980)
Thistles and Thorns on pink
signed and dated 'Sutherland 1944' (upper right)
pencil, coloured crayon, watercolour and bodycolour
8 x 6¾ in. (20.3 x 17.2 cm.)
Thistles and Thorns on pink
signed and dated 'Sutherland 1944' (upper right)
pencil, coloured crayon, watercolour and bodycolour
8 x 6¾ in. (20.3 x 17.2 cm.)
Provenance
with Marlborough Fine Art, London.
with Galleria d'Arte Galatea, Torino, Italy, where purchased by the present owner circa 1965.
with Galleria d'Arte Galatea, Torino, Italy, where purchased by the present owner circa 1965.
Literature
Exhibition catalogue, Graham Sutherland Watercolours and Oils from 1942-1962, Rome, Galleria il Fante di Spade, 1963, pp. 5, 17, illustrated.
Exhibited
Rome, Galleria il Fante di Spade, Graham Sutherland Watercolours and Oils from 1942-1962, 1963, no. 7.
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