Graham Sutherland ARA (1903-1980)

White Rose or English Rose

a Foley part breakfast service, pattern V626, comprising; muffin dish cover, sandwich plate, two slice toast rack, two part jam dish, milk-jug and sugar basin, salt and pepper pots, three tea cups, two saucers and two side plates, each printed with a rose in black and grey on a pink ground, inside a border of small circles, designed by Graham Sutherland for Modern Art for the Table exhibition, Harrods 1934, ,

printed factory marks, painted V626 to cups, minor damages

21cm. diam. (cake plate), (15)

Provenance

Private collection.

Literature

Ronald Alley GrahamSutherland, 19th May-4th July 1982, Tate Gallery, exhibition catalogue page 66 catalogue number 27 for the original design illustrated, catalogue number 28 for a part service illustrated (green variant).