Keith Vaughan

1912-1977

Standing Figures, 1965

Ref: 2142

Signed and dated l.r.: Keith Vaughan/January 1965

Gouache, ink and watercolour, 40 by 37.5 cm

Provenance: acquired by the previous owner in the 1960s

 

1965 was Vaughan's finest year for gouaches which occupied him particularly in the early winter months.

Vaughan's journals for January/February 1965 informs us:

'Sunday 17 January: Not much to say. Seven gouaches completed since beginning of the year which has at least broken the routine.

Monday 25 January: Continue with a series of gouaches on the theme of violence none of them yet very successful, but the beginnings of something.

Friday 26 February: Gouaches started sometime over Christmas, now amount to about 35. Purely compulsive. I dread stopping. Vinegar in the water makes the ink precipitate. Stings the skin.'

 

We are very grateful to Gerard Hastings for his assistance.

 

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