Graham Sutherland, O.M. 1903-1970.
Cray Fields VI. 1925. Etching. Tassi 19.vi; Cooke 27. 4 3/4 x 4 7/8 )sheet 6 5/16 x 7 1/8). Edition 85 in this state (total edition 96). Published by the Twenty-One Gallery, London. Illustrated: Fine Prints of the Year, 1926; Print Collector's Quarterly 16 (1929): 76. A fine impression printed on cream laid paper with wide margins. Printed by the artist. Signed in pencil. $5,5000.
The Cray is a river, rising at St. Mary Cray, near Farningham, where Sutherland moved in 1927. The sun sets behind a row of hop-poles as workers cut the corn. The evening star rises in the sky. Sutherland developed this moving image in 6 states, altering the sun and the length of its rays, removing one hop-pole and replacing it with a distant apple tree.
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