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Graham Sutherland OM

Sketchbook 12

1944–5

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Created by
Graham Sutherland OM 1903–1980
Date
1944–5
Dimensions
227 × 175 mm
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Created by
Graham Sutherland OM 1903–1980
Title
Sketchbook 12
Date
1944–5
Description
Graphite, crayon, charcoal, ink, and watercolour on paper, 13 pages plus covers, 227 × 175 mm

All the drawings in this sketchbook are of landscapes or organic forms and are probably Pembrokeshire themes. Most seem to have been made during his visit to Pembrokeshire in the Autumn of 1944, but there is also at least one early study for the 'Thorn Tree' theme which dates from 1945.
Format
Bound volume - sketchbook
Collection
Tate Archive
Acquisition
Presented by Mrs Kathleen Sutherland, the artist's widow, in 1981.
Reference
TGA 812/12
Neo-Romanticism British War Art

Archive context

  • Collection of forty sketchbooks and fragments of sketchbooks TGA 812 (40)
    • Sketchbook 12 TGA 812/12
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