Keith VAUGHAN (1912-1977)
– Landscape and Figure Drawings –
including twenty of The ‘Grafitti’ Drawings series.
This exhibition of Keith Vaughan’s early landscape and late ‘Grafitti’ figure drawings, provides a rare opportunity to consider his work as a draughtsman. Figures and landscapes were always at the heart of Vaughan’s pictorial vocabulary. With a few exceptions, these drawings have never been exhibited and so provide a fascinating insight into both the artist’s formal picture-making process and his personal and intimate life.
The drawings originate from two sources. The early landscapes and figure drawings come from the collection of Vaughan’s executor, the late Dr. Patrick Woodcock, where they were found, crammed into one of his upstairs cupboards. The late ‘Grafitti’ figure drawings were discovered in 1977 by Vaughan’s friends, including the artist Prunella Clough, while clearing out his studio after he had committed suicide.
The exhibition forms part of London Master Drawings Week 2009 (4th -10th July) of which we are participants.
ALL ‘GRAFITTI’ DRAWINGS ARE 11″ x 7″
The price range of this exhibition was £850 – £1,200
A. Village landscape III.
Pencil. 1949.
Studio stamped. 3.5" x 6.5"
B. Figure and country house.
Pencil. Circa 1944.
Studio stamped.
4.5" x 6.5"
C. Village landscape I.
Pencil. 1949.
Studio stamped.
4" x 6.5"
D. Village landscape II.
Pencil. 1949.
Studio stamped.
4" x 6.5"
E. Nude in a wood.
Pencil. 1950.
Studio stamped.
4" x 5.5"
F. Landscape with houses.
Pencil. Circa 1944.
Studio stamped.
4.5" x 7.5"
G. Figure in a garden landscape.
Pencil. 1949.
Studio stamped.
4" x 6.5"
H. Fisherman and boat (Huntstanton).
Pencil. 1952.
Studio stamped.
5" x 7"
I. Village landscape IV.
Pencil. 1949.
Studio stamped.
4" x 6.5"
J. Bathers in a river.
Pencil. Circa 1950.
Signed.
3.5" x 4.5"
K. Study for ‘Winter Landscape’ lithograph.
Pencil. Inscribed. 1949.
Studio stamped.
4" x 6.5"
L. Sea Bather.
Pencil. 1952.
Studio stamped.
5" x 7"
M. Figures and cottages
.
Pencil. Circa 1944.
Studio stamped
.
4" x 7.5"
N. Torn tree branch.
Pencil. Circa 1940.
Studio stamped.
4.5" x 7"
O. Figure and sunset.
Pencil. Circa 1945.
Studio stamped.
8" x 4.5"
P. Woodland figure and head study.
Pencil. 1949.
Studio stamped.
7" x 4.5"
Q. Figure and setting sun.
Pencil. 1947.
Studio stamped.
8" x 4.5"
R. Figure and tangled tree roots.
Pencil. Circa 1947.
Studio stamped.
8" x 4.5"
S. Two studies: figure and woodland cottage.
Pencil. 1949.
Studio stamped.
7" x 4"
T. Figures by a torn tree branch.
Pencil. Circa 1947.
Studio stamped.
8" x 4.5"
1. Kissing figures I.
Pencil. Dated, ‘June/9’.
Studio stamped.
2. Embracing couple.
Pencil. Dated, ‘May/72’.
Studio stamped.
3. Two figures in profile.
Pencil. Dated, ‘June 17’.
Studio stamped.
4. Reclining figure I.
Pencil. Dated, ‘May/72’.
Studio stamped.
5. Standing figure I.
Pencil. Dated, ‘June 7’.
Studio stamped.
6. Kissing figures II.
Pencil. Dated, ‘May/9’.
Studio stamped.
7. Reclining figure II.
Pencil. Dated, ‘July 19’.
Studio stamped.
8. Seated figure I.
Pencil.
Studio stamped.
9. Seated figure II.
Pencil. Dated, ‘July 14/1973’.
Studio stamped.
10. Kissing figures III.
Pencil. Dated, ‘July 16’.
Studio stamped.
11. Two figures.
Pencil. Dated, ‘May/72’.
Studio stamped.
12. Seated figure III.
Pencil.
Studio stamped.
13. Standing Figure II.
Pencil. Dated, ‘4/3 Nov/73’.
Studio stamped.
14. Reclining figure III.
Pencil. Dated, ‘8/3 Nov 73’.
Studio stamped.
15. Two figures II.
Pencil. Studio stamped.
16. Two figures III.
Pencil. Dated, ‘July 12/73’.
Studio stamped.
17. Sleeping figure.
Pencil. Dated, ‘14/3Nov/73’.
Studio stamped.
18. Three figures.
Pencil. Dated, ‘July 9/73’.
Studio stamped.
19. Reclining figure IV.
Pencil. Dated, ‘13/3 Nov/73’.
Studio stamped.
20. ‘Patrick Proctor’s Draw-In’.
Pencil. Dated, ‘April/67’.
Studio stamped.