Keith Vaughan, (British, 1912-1977)

Portrait

Portrait
dated 'Aug 49.' (upper right), stamped with estate stamp 'K.V.' (on sheet verso)
pencil on paper
28 x 22cm (11 x 8 11/16in).

Provenance
The Estate of the Artist
With Anthony Hepworth, Bath, from whom acquired by the present owner in 2012
Private Collection, U.K.

At the end of the 1940s, Vaughan adopted a serrated, jagged outline for capturing the human form in life-classes and used it widely in his drawings. This female nude torso was probably made while he was teaching a life class at the Central School of Art. The monumental figure all but fills the picture plane.

We are grateful to Gerard Hastings, whose forthcoming book on Keith Vaughan's graphic work will be published by Pagham Press, for compiling this catalogue note.