A Mountain Road

Details

GRAHAM SUTHERLAND, O.M. (1903-1980)
A Mountain Road
signed and dated 'Sutherland Easter 1940' (lower left)
ink, watercolour, gouache, and coloured chalk on paper
11 x 8 ½ in. (28 x 21.6 cm.)
Executed in 1940.

Provenance

with Marlborough Fine Art, London and Rome.
with Martini and Ronchetti, Genoa, 2010.
Marion Grčić-Ziersch, Munich.
Anonymous sale; Karl & Faber, Munich, 7 December 2022, lot 450, where purchased by the present owner.

Literature

J. Hayes, The Art of Graham Sutherland, Oxford,1980, p. 82-83, pl. 45.

Exhibited

Genoa, Museo Dell’Accademia Ligustica di Belle Arti, Graham Sutherland Storia Segreta, October 1991 - January 1992, p. 48, no. 29, illustrated.
Munich, Marion Grčić-Ziersch, Ausgewählte Arbeiten auf Papier, January 2010, p. 25, illustrated.

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Lot Essay

The present work is a study for the backdrop of The Wanderer, Frederick Ashton's ballet of 1941, for which Graham Sutherland undertook his only theatrical commission, designing the backcloths and costumes. Characteristic of his work of the period, the composition employs bright, almost acid colouring, while a low sun casts long shadows across the landscape, imbuing the scene with a heightened sense of drama and theatricality.

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