'Textile Design for Horrocks'
Medium: Gouache and chalk on paper
Size: 60 x 38.4 cm
Graham Sutherland O.M (British 1903-1980)
The work is one of the many designs by Graham Sutherland for the long established cotton goods manufacturer Horrocks Fashion Ltd , Crewdson & Company Ltd, mainly for the production of printed cotton dresses. In 1946 Sutherland produced textile designs for the company alongside contemporary painter Alistair Morton.