The Deposition: PD.969-1963

Current Location: In storage

Titles

The Deposition

Maker(s)

Painter: Sutherland, Graham Vivian

Entities

Painting

Categories

Painting

Measurements and weight

Height: 152 cm
Width: 121.9 cm

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Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1963) by Evill, Wilfrid Ariel

Dating

Production date: AD 1946

School or Style

People, subjects and objects depicted

Materials used in production

Components of the work

Support composed of millboard

Techniques used in production

Painting : Oil on millboard

Inscription or legends present

Text: Sutherland
Location: Lower right
Type: Signature

Text: 23.11.46
Location: Lower right
Type: Date

Text: British Council, Venice, Biennale, 1952, (owner) W.A. Evill
Location: Verso
Type: Label

Text: British Council, Sutherland exhibition, Paris, Amsterdam, Zurich, no. 16, no date (owner) W.A. Evill
Location: Verso
Type: Label

Text: Sao Paulo Biennial exhibition, no. 2, 1955 (owner) W.A. Evill
Location: Verso
Type: Label

Text: Venice Biennale, 1952
Location: Verso
Type: Label

Text: DEPOSITION. SUTHERLAND. 300 guineas
Location: Verso
Method of creation: Graphite

Text: IIId Biennial of the Museum of Modern Art, Sao Paulo, June-October 1955, sale price £2420, owner Evill
Location: Verso, frame
Type: Label

References and bibliographic entries

Exposition Graham Sutherland
The work of Graham Sutherland
Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge. Annual Report for the Year ending 31 December 1963
Sutherland page(s): 131
[Unknown; Illustrated London News; 1960] page(s): 596
Catalogue of Paintings in the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, Vol. III, British School page(s): 260-261

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Identification numbers

Accession number: PD.969-1963
Primary reference Number: 3982
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Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Wednesday 22 February 2023

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Paintings, Drawings and Prints

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            The Fitzwilliam Museum (2023) "The Deposition" Web page available at: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/3982 Accessed: 2023-04-01 00:35:44

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            University of Cambridge}}

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