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Lot 8AR

Keith Vaughan
(British, 1912-1977)
Figure: April 23 43.8 x 34.9 cm. (17 1/4 x 13 3/4 in.)

13 June 2018, 15:00 BST
London, New Bond Street

Sold for £15,000 inc. premium

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Keith Vaughan (British, 1912-1977)

Figure: April 23
signed and dated 'Keith Vaughan/April 23/61' (lower right)
pastel
43.8 x 34.9 cm. (17 1/4 x 13 3/4 in.)

Footnotes

Provenance
Sale; Christie's, London, 26 May 2011, lot 119
Private Collection, U.K.

Exhibited
London, Whitechapel Art Gallery, Keith Vaughan, March-April 1962, cat.no.315

Vaughan has combined coloured oil pastels with a range of translucent wax crayons, building up a patchwork of forms which encase a standing male figure. As always Vaughan's figure is anonymous and unidentified; this is not a particular man but mankind in general. The dominant key of blue is modulated through a series of colour chords of cobalts, indigos and azures and this chromatic arrangement is off-set by more dominant blacks and earthy hues.

We are grateful to Gerard Hastings for compiling this catalogue entry. His recent book Awkward Artefacts: The 'Erotic Fantasies' of Keith Vaughan is published by Pagham Press in association with the Keith Vaughan Society.

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