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Graham
Sutherland
London 1903 – 1980 Trottiscliffe, Kent
The
Sluice Gate
Walker 14, Man 15, Tassi 10, Cooke 16 iv/iv
138 x 135 mm
Etching,
1924. Signed in pencil. Published state, after
the burnishing at the top left, new hatching on
the tree, fractional reduction of the plate, and
new, second signature accompanied by the date in
Roman numerals. Edition of about 62. On laid paper,
one tiny defect in the sky.
£3500
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Additional
Information about the Print
One
of the artist’s earliest pastorals.
Sutherland
was open to many influences and in 1973 made
reference to his early student work including “pastiches
of Rembrandt, Dürer and Whistler”.
His discovery of Palmer determined the character
of his plates from 1925-28. By 1929 he was moving
in a different direction and with the exception
of a single commissioned plate in 1938, he stopped
etching in 1931.
The
introductory text to the Samuel
Palmer Legacy exhibition includes further
information about Graham
Sutherland.
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