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Sketches & drawings, advertising work, sketchbook and one gouache by Keith Vaughan

1932–76

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Available online is the whole of this collection of sketches by Keith Vaughan. This material covers the majority of Vaughan's life including some of his early advertising work from the 1930s with the last sketch dating from 1976, a year before his death in 1977. Subjects include the male form, landscapes, and drawings of everyday life including some from his time in the Non-Combatant Corps during the Second World War.

Details of the remainder of the collection can be found on the archive catalogue.

Collection Owner
Keith Vaughan 1912–1977
Collection
Tate Archive
Acquisition
Purchased by the archive from Thos. Agnew and Sons Ltd in November 1990
Reference
TGA 9013

148 objects in this collection

  • Sketches & drawings, advertising work, sketchbook and one gouache by Keith Vaughan

    148 Objects

    • Loose drawings and sketches

      127 Objects

    • Advertising Work

      19 Objects

Title
Sketches & drawings, advertising work, sketchbook and one gouache by Keith Vaughan
Date
1932–76
Description
Available online is the whole of this collection of sketches by Keith Vaughan. This material covers the majority of Vaughan's life including some of his early advertising work from the 1930s with the last sketch dating from 1976, a year before his death in 1977. Subjects include the male form, landscapes, and drawings of everyday life including some from his time in the Non-Combatant Corps during the Second World War.

Details of the remainder of the collection can be found on the archive catalogue.
Reference
TGA 9013

Showing 21–40 of 148 objects

Drawing of two men working on a felled tree

Keith Vaughan
[1941]
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Drawing of two men working with axes

Keith Vaughan
[1941]
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Drawing of three men on lunch break

Keith Vaughan
[1941]
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Sketch of a male figure draping a cloth over a frame

Keith Vaughan
[1941–2]
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Drawing of two figures in a cabin with a stove

Keith Vaughan
[1941–2]
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Drawing of men working on Nissen huts

Keith Vaughan
[1941–2]
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Drawing of men working in a landscape

Keith Vaughan
[1941–2]
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Drawing of the head and shoulders of a young boy

Keith Vaughan
[1941]
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Self portrait

Keith Vaughan
[1941–2]
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Drawing of men playing with a ball on a beach

Keith Vaughan
[1941–4]
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Detailed drawing of men playing with a ball on a beach

Keith Vaughan
[1941–4]
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Drawing entitled ‘Cook’

Keith Vaughan
1941
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Drawing of a group of men sat in a cabin

Keith Vaughan
[1941]
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Drawing of a man eating

Keith Vaughan
[1941]
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Portrait of a young man in profile

Keith Vaughan
31 January 1942
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Drawing of figures working in front of a wall at night

Keith Vaughan
[1942]
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Drawing of a wall in front of a large tree

Keith Vaughan
[1942]
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Drawing of a tree in front of a wall with two pillars

Keith Vaughan
[1942]
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Drawing of an uprooted tree

Keith Vaughan
[1942]
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Drawing of two men in woodland

Keith Vaughan
[1942]
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