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Folded Hills

Drawing
1945 (made)
Artist/Maker
Sutherland, Graham Vivian (artist)
Place of origin
Britain (made)

Drawing.


Object details

Category
Drawings
Object type
Drawing
TitleFolded Hills (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques
Black conté crayon and gouache on hardboard
Hardboard
Gouache
Conté Crayon
Drawing
Brief description
'Folded Hills'. Drawing by Graham Sutherland, 1945.
Physical description
Drawing.
Dimensions
  • Height: 26.4cm
  • Width: 30.5cm
  • Frame height: 43.5 cm
  • Frame width: 47 cm
  • Frame depth: 4.5 cm
Dimensions taken from Victoria & Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1962. London: HMSO, 1964.
Marks and inscriptions
'Sutherland 1945' (Signed and dated)
Gallery label
Graham Sutherland 1903-1980 Folded Hills Signed and dated 1945 At the beginning of his career Sutherland was influenced by Samuel Palmer's pastoral vision of rural England. Later, he exhibited with the Surrealists. These sources fuelled the imagery od Suntherland's landscapes, which seem animated by an inner life force. Conte crayon and gouace on hardboard Purchased 1962 Museum no. P.105-1962
Object history
This drawing was exhibited at Marlborough Fine Art Ltd., 'Water-colours and Drawings by Kokoschka, Moore, Sutherland', September to October 1962 (No.88), and reproduced in the catalogue.
Subject depicted
Landscape
Bibliographic references
  • Victoria & Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1962. London: HMSO, 1964.
  • George Shaw Graham Sutherland. An Unfinished World Oxford: Modern Art Oxford, 2011. ISBN: 9781901352535.
  • Watercolours and drawings by Oskar Kokoschka, Henry Moore, Graham Sutherland, London : Marlborough Fine Art Ltd., 1962 no. 88
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
P.105-1962

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
Record URL
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