Lot 140
  • 140

Graham Sutherland, O.M.

Estimate
800 - 1,200 GBP
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Description

  • Graham Sutherland, O.M.
  • Pupae I; Pupae II; Pupae III (T. 195-197)
  • Etching
  • first sheet: 144 by 38.8cm.; 57 1/8 by 15 1/4 in.; second sheet: 145 by 59.5cm.; 57 by 23 1/4 in.
The set of three etchings with aquatint printed in green, 1977, each signed in pencil, each numbered from the edition of 75, on wove paper, with the publisher's blindstamp, 2RC Edizioni d'Arte, Rome (one print unframed)

Condition

Each with wide (full?) margins, in good condition apart from some creasing (mainly at the edges of the sheets), occasional traces of light surface soiling in the margins, Pupae II with superficial skinning at the sheet edges verso (associated with previous hinging), Pupae III with uneven pale mount-staining, two prints framed.
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