Royal Academy Summer Exhibition Poster, 1980

This poster holds special significance for Sutton as his career and personal friendships were strongly affected by its appearance around London. The portrait, Saskia, is of his daughter, although the film director and actor Sam Wanamaker saw his own daughter Zoë in the work; so commenced a long collaboration. This design was regarded as having been particularly successful as it embodied the light, colour and vitality of summer.