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Portrait study of W Somerset Maugham

Graham Sutherland, 1949

The Beaney House of Art & Knowledge, Canterbury
© The artist's estate

A head and shoulders portrait of W Somerset Maugham (1874-965). Sutherland was commissioned to paint Somerset Maugham's portrait in 1949 and this seems to be one of the sketches from life. He worked up the sketches into more elaborate drawings now in the Fitzwilliam and the final painting hangs in the Tate.

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Title of artwork, date

Portrait study of W Somerset Maugham, 1949

Date supported

2003

Medium and material

Black chalk & blue wash on paper

Dimensions

21.5 x 17 cm

Grant

2500

Total cost

9500

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