Rome Scholars
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SOLDAlan Sorrell (1904-1974):
Cyprus Tree, study for The Appian Way, circa 1932
Unmounted (ref: 3688)
Pencil, pen and ink, watercolour
41 x 18 cm
See all works by Alan Sorrell ink pen and ink pencil watercolour RCAGardenMusuem Realism Seventy-seven pictures by Alan Sorrell
Provenance: The Artist's Estate
This is a study for Sorrell's 1932 grisaille The Appian Way, a memory of the ancient road that leads out of Rome, bordered by classical Roman tombs and cypresses - as imagined in moonlight.
