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- Keith Vaughan 1912–1977
- Title
- Drawing of an abstract headless male figure
- Date
- [1943–6]
- Medium
- Ink and watercolour paint on paper
- Dimensions
- 240 × 367 mm
- Description
- Drawing of kneeling nude male, in a landscape of abstract shapes. Inscribed 'BDI7' on the back.
- Format
- Artwork - on paper, unique
- Collection
- Tate Archive
- Acquisition
- Purchased by the archive from Thos. Agnew and Sons Ltd in November 1990
- Reference
- TGA 9013/1/48
Archive context
- Sketches & drawings, advertising work, sketchbook and one gouache by Keith Vaughan TGA 9013 (148)
- Loose drawings and sketches TGA 9013/1 (127)
- Drawing of an abstract headless male figure TGA 9013/1/48
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