GRAHAM SUTHERLAND, O.M. (1903-2008)
Study for a portrait of Dr Árpád Plesch
signed and dated Sutherland./13.XII.61/20.III.62 (lower right), signed again with initals and inscribed STUDY/FOR/A PORTRAIT/OF ARPAD PLESCH/G.S (on the reverse)
oil on canvas
67.3 x 65.4 cm (26 1/2 x 25 3/4 in)
Painted in December 1961-March 1962

PROVENANCE:
Commissioned by the sitter, Dr Árpád Plesch, 1961
Bequeathed to his wife, Madame Árpád Plesch, and by descent
Sale; Thierry de Maigret, Paris, 19 December 2018, lot 220, where purchased by the present owner

EXHIBITED:
F. Arcangeli, Graham Sutherland, New York, 1975, p. 41, pl. 229
J. Hayes, exhibition catalogue, Portraits by Graham Sutherland, London, National Portrait Gallery, 1977, p. 26, no. 73, pl. 3
K. Roberts, Current and forthcoming exhibitions, The Burlington Magazine, August 1977, no. 893, vol. 119, p. 583, pl. 65