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Study for "Fallen Tree against Sunset"
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
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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