Cliff road
(1941)
- Medium
- oil on paper on canvas on cardboard
- Measurements
- 118.3 × 86.2 cm
- 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
- Credit Line
- National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Felton Bequest, 1949
© the estate of Graham Sutherland
This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of Digitisation Champion Ms Carol Grigor through Metal Manufactures Limited - Gallery location
- Not on display
- Subjects (general)
- Abstract Art Landscapes
- Subjects (specific)
- grey (colour) hills lines (artistic concept) pink (colour)
- Frame
- Original, by Alfred Stiles & Sons, London
Frame
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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. - Framemaker
- Alfred Stiles
London - Date
- c.1941
- Materials
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timber, gold leaf, paint (gesso)
- Frame Condition
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worn original condition