Bronze Age Gold from Wales

Study for "Fallen Tree against Sunset"

SUTHERLAND, Graham (1903-1980)

Study for "Fallen Tree against Sunset"

Fallen Tree Against Sunset, 1940 (Borough of Darlington Art Gallery)

"A Study in gouache for this composition...is inscribed by Sutherland on its plywood backing: 'Painted from impression received after watching peculiar sunset over a moss-covered valley. Object is a dead tree trunk covered with moss'. An inscription on another of the preliminary drawings records that this was at Crickhowell." (From: 'Graham Sutherland', Ronald Alley, Tate Gallery 1982, pp. 86-87)

Collection Area

Art

Item Number

NMW A 4072

Creation/Production

SUTHERLAND, Graham
Date: 1940 ca

Acquisition

Transfer, 20/10/1989

Measurements

Height (cm): 21.7
Width (cm): 13.3
Height (in): 8
Width (in): 5

Techniques

mixed media on paper
drawings and watercolours
Fine Art - works on paper

Material

ink
graphite
wash

Location

In store
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