Crucifixion II (after Graham Sutherland)

Graham Sutherland’s original painting was commissioned for St Matthew’s Church, Northampton and completed in 1946.

Crucifixion II – Jesus College Cambridge Choir Poster 2018

Whose is this horrifying face,
This putrid flesh, discoloured, flayed,
Fed on by flies, scorched by the sun?
Whose are these hollow red-filmed eyes
And thorn-spiked head and spear-struck side?
Behold the Man: He is Man’s Son.
– Extract from ‘Ecce Homo’ by David Gascoyne.

• Acrylic on canvas
• 126 x 95.5 cm (49½ x 37½ in)
• Painted, wooden ‘floating’ frame

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