Graham Sutherland, O.M.

Arthur Jeffress, London, from whom acquired by Col. G.W. Rickinson, London
Crane Kalman Gallery, London, where acquired by the present owners, May 1984

London, Arthur Jeffress Gallery, 5 English Painters, July - August 1957, cat. no.22;
Basel, Kunsthalle, Graham Sutherland, February – March 1966;
Munich, Haus der Kunst, Graham Sutherland Retrospective, March - May 1967, cat. no.55, and touring to The Hague, Gemeentemuseum, Berlin, Haus am Waldsee and Cologne, Wallraf-Richartz Museum;
London, Tate Gallery, Graham Sutherland, May - July 1982, cat. no.155;
London, Crane Kalman Gallery, Graham Sutherland, April - June 1999.

Architectural Review, CXXII, 1957, p.270;
Douglas Cooper, The Work of Graham Sutherland, Lund Humphries, London, 1961, cat. no.148, illustrated pl.148;
Francesco Arcangeli, Graham Sutherland, Fratelli Fabbri Editori, Milan 1973, cat. no.109.

The canvas is in good original condition. There are two tiny marks of frame abrasion in the lower left and upper right corners. There is no sign of retouching under ultra-violet light. Held in a gilded rectilinear frame. Please telephone the department on 020 7293 5381 if you have any questions regarding the present work.
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