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Graham Sutherland O.M.(British, 1903-1980)Study for 'The Origins of the Land' 27 x 50.5 cm. (10 5/8 x 19 7/8 in.)
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Graham Sutherland O.M. (British, 1903-1980)
signed, inscribed and dated 'Graham Sutherland/Study for 'The Origins of the Land'/1951/Bought from the artist, 1951,/by James Holland' (verso); further signed, inscribed, and dated again 'Graham Sutherland/Sketch for mural at Festival/of Britain South Bank Exhibition/"Origins of the Land"/1951/Purchased from the artist/by James Holland, Coordinating/Designer for Festival.' (on a label attached to the backboard)
pencil, watercolour and gouache on paper laid on board
27 x 50.5 cm. (10 5/8 x 19 7/8 in.)
Footnotes
Provenance
The Artist, from whom purchased by
James Holland
His sale; Bonhams, London, 2 December 2003, lot 153, where acquired by
Lady Dugdale
The present work is a study for the painting The Origins of the Land, which was made for the 'Land of Britain' pavilion in the Festival of Britain on the South Bank in 1951. This was by far the largest painting Sutherland had made by that point and was vandalised before the opening of the festival and had to be subsequently repaired. It currently resides in the collection of the Tate.
























