Sutherland O.M., Graham (1903 – 1980) – ‘Pastoral’ (T30. / C.36).
Sutherland O.M., Graham (1903 - 1980)
'Pastoral' (T30. / C.36).
Etching. 1930. Signed. One of five or six proofs printed in 1930. An edition of 57 plus 10 proofs was not printed until 1973. Provenance: the artist to Edward Sackville-West (1901-1965); inherited in 1965 by Eardley Knollys (1902-1991); inherited by Mattei Radev (1927-2009) (stock-book item 80); inherited by Radev's partner, theatre designer Norman Coates as part of The Radev Collection in 2009; deaccessioned from The Radev Collection and acquired by Clive Parkinson in 2023. Exhibited: Pallant House Gallery, 'The Radev Collection: Bloomsbury and Beyond', Oct 2011 - Jan 2012. 5x7.5 inches. NOTE: THIS PRINT IS NOT FOR SALE.
This print is Sutherland's uncontested masterpiece in etching. The pastoral landscape as descended from Blake and Palmer that evoked a timeless Olde England with man at one with nature, has been abandoned. This is an entirely modern 'Pastoral'. Nature has been bent and shaped in a way that is both threatening and awe-inspiring. It expresses the uncertainty of the future rather than a continuity with the past.
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Palmer | Sutherland