Lot 229: AR Kathleen Sutherland (British, 1905-1991) Needlework Rug

Kathleen Sutherland
(British, 1905-1991)
Needlework Rug mid 20th century, worked in thick polychrome wools on canvas, with colour combination of black, brown, purple, green and white, with stylised seed-pod motifs and narrow border147.5 x 88cm (58 1/16 x 34 5/8in).

Provenance: Gifted by the Artist to Gordon and Catherine Bennett, and thence by descent to the previous ownerAcquired from the above by the present ownerPrivate Collection, U.K.Kathleen Sutherland (née Barry) met her future husband Graham Sutherland when they were both students at Goldsmiths College of Art, London, between 1921-6. They hadn't spoken a word to each other until their first meeting in July 1921, after Graham passed Kathleen a written invitation to accompany him to the Diaghilev ballet. They were to marry in 1927. The present lot is very similar to one of the group of three rugs by Kathleen Sutherland sold in The Evill/Frost Collection, Sotheby's, London, 16 June 2011, lot 132.