Object Record
Images
Metadata
Title |
Professor Dorothy Hodgkin (1910-1994) |
Object Name |
Portrait |
Object ID |
2017.004 |
Description |
Study for a never-finished portrait of Dorothy Crowfoot Hodgkin OM FRS (1910-1994), by English artist Graham Sutherland. Hodgkin was an English biochemist who won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1964 for her work in x-ray crystallography, becoming the first British woman to receive the award. Sutherland completed at least two studies (the other is in the collection of The Royal Society) in preperation for Hodgkin's portrait, but he died before the final version could be completed. Graham Vivian Sutherland OM (1903-1980) was known for his paintings, prints, and large-scale commissions. He is most famous for his protraits of political figures and celebrities, landscape work, and for the tapestry that he designed for the re-built Coventry Cathedral. |
Artist |
Sutherland, Graham (1903-1980) |
Date |
1978 |
Dimensions |
H-12 W-14.5 inches |
Material |
Indian Ink, Pencil, Watercolor, Paper |
Medium |
Mixed Medium |
Digital Collections Link |
https://digital.sciencehistory.org/works/zg64tm662 |
Search Terms |
X-ray crystallography Nobel Prizes Nobel Prize Winners Portraits Women Scientists Study Portrait Women in Science Crystallography Twentieth century |
Provenance |
Bergamini Gallery (to private collection). Private collection (to InnAuction). InnAuction, Innsbruck Austria. The Chemical Heritage Foundation (acquired from InnAuction, February 2017). [1] [1] Provenance provided by auction house states that the painting came "directly from the artist's studio; Bergamini Gallery; private collection." It was included in the following exhibitions: Varese, Musei Civici di Villa Mirabello, 1992 and Congeliano, Galleria Comunale d'Arte, 1996. |