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Keith Vaughan

Three drawings of figures

November 1949

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Created by
Keith Vaughan 1912–1977
Title
Three drawings of figures
Date
November 1949
Medium
Graphite on paper
Dimensions
230 × 285 mm
Description
The drawings are:
1.A man sat at a desk with a lamp on it;
2.A man reaching for a jug;
3.A man on a patterned background.
Inscribed '30 Oct' and stamped 'KV' on the back. There are also notes about procedures for creating compositions dated Nov 49.
Format
Artwork - on paper, unique
Collection
Tate Archive
Acquisition
Purchased by the archive from Thos. Agnew and Sons Ltd in November 1990
Reference
TGA 9013/1/67
Post-Impressionism Neo-Romanticism

Archive context

  • Sketches & drawings, advertising work, sketchbook and one gouache by Keith Vaughan TGA 9013 (148)
    • Loose drawings and sketches TGA 9013/1 (127)
      • Three drawings of figures TGA 9013/1/67
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