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

1932–76

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 121–140 of 148 objects

Sketch for part of a mural depicting eleven line drawn figures in sections in a landscape

Keith Vaughan
[1963]
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Sketch for part of a mural depicting six line drawn figures relaxing in a landscape

Keith Vaughan
[1963]
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Two sketches for part of a mural

Keith Vaughan
[1963]
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Sketch for part of a mural depicting fifteen figures in a shaded landscape

Keith Vaughan
[1963]
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Drawing of a figure surrounded by dense shading

Keith Vaughan
[1964–72]
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Drawing of Harrow Hill

Keith Vaughan
1976
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Drawing entitled ‘Adam’

Keith Vaughan
1975–6
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Two graphic works for Atkinsons Christmas gift list mounted on one piece of paper

Keith Vaughan
date not known
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Two graphic works for posters advertising Erasmic soap mounted on one piece of paper

Keith Vaughan
date not known
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Two printed posters for Hudson’s soap

Keith Vaughan
date not known
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Graphic work entitled ‘Cacti’

Keith Vaughan
date not known
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Two graphic works for a poster advertising Persil mounted on one piece of paper

Keith Vaughan
date not known
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Graphic work for a poster advertising Persil

Keith Vaughan
date not known
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Graphic work for a poster advertising Shell

Keith Vaughan
date not known
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Graphic work for a poster advertising Shell

Keith Vaughan
date not known
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One small booklet with graphics for Spry

Keith Vaughan
date not known
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Graphic work for a poster advertising Spry

Keith Vaughan
date not known
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Graphic work for a poster advertising Spry at Christmas

Keith Vaughan
date not known
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Two graphic works for posters advertising Spry mounted on one piece of paper

Keith Vaughan
date not known
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Two graphic works for cards advertising Spry mounted on one piece of paper

Keith Vaughan
date not known
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