Birds for Origins of the Land

细节

Graham Sutherland, O.M. (1903-1980)
Birds for Origins of the Land
signed with initials and dated 'G.S. 1952' (upper left)
pencil, black and coloured crayon, gouache, brush and black ink
22½ x 21½ in. (57.2 x 54.5 cm.)

来源

Mercury Gallery, July 1984, where purchased by the present owner's father.

展览

New York, Curt Valentin Gallery, Graham Sutherland, March 1953, no.22 (illustrated).

拍品专文

The painting 'The Origins of the Land' was commissioned in 1950 for the Land of Britain pavilion at the Festival of Britain. The finished work measures 167½ x 129 in. and is now in the collection of the Tate Gallery, London.