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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