Lot 60 Graham Sutherland

Graham Sutherland 1903-1980 STUDY FOR APPLE TREE IV (1955) Oil on cardboard, 14 1/2'' x 11 1/4'' (36.8 x 28.8cm), signed and inscribed Provenance: Arthur Jeffress, London (label verso); Mrs S. H. Stead-Ellis; Thomas Gibson Fine Art, London (label verso); Bernard Jacobsen gallery, London (label verso); New Art Centre, London (label verso) Born in Streatham, Sutherland graduated from Goldsmith's college with a degree in engraving. His early work comprised prints of Pastoral scenes in the manner of Samuel Palmer. He did not begin to paint in earnest until he was in his 30s following the collapse of the print market in 1930 due to the Great Depression. These early paintings are mainly landscape and show an affinity with Paul Nash. Sutherland focused on the inherent strangeness of natural forms and abstracting them, sometimes giving his work a surrealist appearance . He is now regarded as a major figure in 20th Century British Art