Keith Vaughan
Spring Trees , 1955 (Dated)
Lot #21 |
2023-03-14 |
Sotheby's, London
Made in Britain
Category:
Painting
Estimate:
GBP 15,000 - 25,000 (currency of sale)
USD 19,200 - 32,000 (approx.)
Price Sold:
Auction Details
Auction house: Sotheby's
Auction number: L23144
Auction name: Made in Britain
Auction type: Fine Art
Location: London
Start date: 2023-03-14
Currency: GBP
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Lot Description
Details
Genre: 20th Century Art
Department: Painting & Works on Paper
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Dimensions: 23 by 37.5cm.
Item measurements:
Height In Centimeters:
23
Width In Centimeters:
37.5
Height In Inches:
9
Width In Inches:
14.75
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Edition: AP
Edition notes: Artist's proof.
Year notes: Dated in 1955.
Provenance
Matthiesen Ltd., London Sale, Sotheby's London, 22 July 1986, lot 388 Private Collection, U.K. Bernard Jacobson Gallery, London Private Collection, U.K.
Exhibited
London, Leicester Galleries, Keith Vaughan: New Paintings, 1956 no. 9 New York, Durlacher Bros., Keith Vaughan: Paintings and Gouaches , 1957, no. 20 State University of Iowa, Keith Vaughan, Paintings and Gouaches , 1959 London, Matthiesen Ltd., Keith Vaughan , 25 February - 19 March 1960, no. 4 Catalogue note In the early 1950s Vaughan became increasingly aware of the importance of the painted surface as an expressive pictorial element. This manifested itself in a more painterly application with varied, directional brushstrokes and richer, more eloquent build-ups of pigment. His reduced, economical palette of slatey greys and sap greens evokes a feeling of early springtime, before the first sprouting of forest foliage. Jagged forms suggest agricultural fencing while vertical and curved forms describe tree boughs and banks of shrubbery. Gerard Hastings.
Catalog summary
Keith Vaughan 1912 - 1977 Spring Trees signed Vaughan (lower right), titled and dated 1955 (on label attached to the backboard) oil on board unframed: 23 by 37.5cm.; 9 by 14Ā¾in. framed: 29 by 44cm.; 11Ā½ by 17Ā¼in. Executed in 1955. We are grateful to Gerard Hastings, whose forthcoming book on the Artist is to be published shortly, for his kind assistance with the cataloguing of the present lot. Provenance Matthiesen Ltd., London Sale, Sotheby's London, 22 July 1986, lot 388 Private Collection, U.K. Bernard Jacobson Gallery, London Private Collection, U.K. Exhibited London, Leicester Galleries, Keith Vaughan: New Paintings, 1956 no. 9 New York, Durlacher Bros., Keith Vaughan: Paintings and Gouaches , 1957, no. 20 State University of Iowa, Keith Vaughan, Paintings and Gouaches , 1959 London, Matthiesen Ltd., Keith Vaughan , 25 February - 19 March 1960, no. 4 Catalogue note In the early 1950s Vaughan became increasingly aware of the importance of the painted surface as an expressive pictorial element. This manifested itself in a more painterly application with varied, directional brushstrokes and richer, more eloquent build-ups of pigment. His reduced, economical palette of slatey greys and sap greens evokes a feeling of early springtime, before the first sprouting of forest foliage. Jagged forms suggest agricultural fencing while vertical and curved forms describe tree boughs and banks of shrubbery. Gerard Hastings.