Lot Essay
The present work relates to Sutherland's Birds and Foliage tapestry which he designed for the Edinburgh Tapestry Company in 1949.
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Birds in Landscape
Details
Graham Sutherland, O.M. (1903-1980)
Birds in Landscape
signed and dated 'G. Sutherland. 1948' (lower right)
gouache on board
46 x 29 in. (117 x 73.5 cm.)
Birds in Landscape
signed and dated 'G. Sutherland. 1948' (lower right)
gouache on board
46 x 29 in. (117 x 73.5 cm.)
Provenance
with Redfern Gallery, London, where purchased by Aubrey Gibson, August 1955.
with Agnew's, London.
Dr Theodore Besterman, by whom bequeathed to the Voltaire Foundation.
with Agnew's, London.
Dr Theodore Besterman, by whom bequeathed to the Voltaire Foundation.
Special notice
Artist's Resale Right ("Droit de Suite"). Artist's Resale Right Regulations 2006 apply to this lot, the buyer agrees to pay us an amount equal to the resale royalty provided for in those Regulations, and we undertake to the buyer to pay such amount to the artist's collection agent.
Sale room notice
Please note that the medium for this lot should read gouache on paper laid on board and not as printed in the catalogue.