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Lyrebird - Night (1943)

Graham Vivian Sutherland

watercolour

Art Gallery of Ballarat, Australia

Lyrebird - Night (1943)
Lyrebird - Night (1943)
Lyrebird - Night (1943)
Lyrebird - Night (1943)

Details

Classification:

Drawing and Watercolour

Materials:

Watercolour, Paper, Gouache

Physical Object Description:

Yellow lyre bird captured in its courtship display

Dimensions:

18 x 28 cm

Accession Number:

1959.9

Credit:

Presented by the Contemporary Art Society, 1959

Scheme:

Gift

Ownership history:

Purchased from the artist by Colin Anderson (1904-1980), during WW2; by whom gifted to the Contemporary Art Society, 1958; presented to Art Gallery of Ballarat, Australia, 1959

Relationship:

Art Gallery of Ballarat, Australia Sir Colin Skelton Anderson

Subject:

Birds

One of two watercolours by Graham Sutherland as illustrations for the cover design for the May 1943 edition of the literary magazine Poetry London (1939-51) edited by the Tamil poet Meary James Thurairajah Tambimuttu (1915 –1983). Lyrebird- Day and Lyrebird - Night (1943) were originally purchased by Sir Colin Anderson (1904-1980) from the artist during WW2 whilst he and his Australian-born wife were having dinner with the artist at the Cafe Royal. Anderson, soon to become the CAS Chairman, gifted them to the Contemporary Art Society and they were presented to the Art Gallery of Ballarat, Australia in 1959, perhaps also because of the suitability of the subject matter.

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Graham Vivian Sutherland
Lyrebird - Night (1943)

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