Cliff road
(1941)
Medium
oil on paper on canvas on cardboard
Measurements
118.3 × 86.2 cm
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Felton Bequest, 1949
© the estate of Graham Sutherland
Gallery location
Not on display
Artwork Details
Inscription
inscribed in black paint l.l.: G Sutherland.
inscribed in black paint on reverse: CLIFFROAD G. Sutherland.
Accession Number
2051-4
Department
International Painting
This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of Digitisation Champion Dame Carol Colburn-Grigor CBE through Metal Manufactures Limited
Subjects (general)
Abstract Art Landscapes
Subjects (specific)
grey (colour) hills lines (artistic concept) pink (colour)
Frame
Original, by Alfred Stiles & Sons, London
Frame
The frame on Cliff road came into the collection with the painting in 1949.
It consists of a simple, broad flat profile with sight-edge bevel. Thick layers of off-white gesso, toned pink, have been applied over a distressed water-gilded surface. The intentional rubbing away of the surface to reveal underlying colours and finishes was a technique employed by Sutherland in his framing. The slip is covered with a coarse hessian fabric, a variation on the canvas flats and linen slips introduced in the 1930’s. It is possible the basic form of the frame is re-cycled and once formed a large scale gilded slip.
Frame Details
Framemaker
Alfred Stiles
London
Date
c.1941
Materials
timber, gold leaf, paint (gesso)
Frame Condition
worn original condition