Keith Vaughan 1912-1977
Second Study for Walled Garden, 1946
watercolour, gouache, ink, pen and wax crayon on paper
8.9 x 13 cm
3 1/2 x 5 1/8 in
3 1/2 x 5 1/8 in
signed
also titled and dated on label verso
also titled and dated on label verso
Vaughan made several jewel-like studies for Walled Garden. Despite this, he produced no oil painting with that title in 1946. Five years later he returned to the theme and made...
Vaughan made several jewel-like studies for Walled Garden. Despite this, he produced no oil painting with that title in 1946. Five years later he returned to the theme and made a lithograph with similar imagery and the same title. The motif of a felled tree, loosely resembling a human figure, can be traced back to the early 1940s when he made around a dozen studies for a symbolic painting, representing the fallen youth of the war. At the time he was serving in the non-combatant corps, clearing the grounds of an estate with a large walled garden. Vaughan was unable to make easel paintings while serving in the army and adopted, what he called his 'volatile' medium, consisting of ink, gouache and wax crayons.
We are grateful to Gerard Hastings for his assistance in cataloguing this lot.
We are grateful to Gerard Hastings for his assistance in cataloguing this lot.
Provenance
The Redfern Gallery, London, United Kingdom.Acquired directly from the above on November 5, 1973.
Private Collection.
Thence by descent.
Private Collection, the United Kingdom.
Bonhams, Knightsbridge, sale of November 23, 2022, lot 292.
Acquired directly from the above sale by the present owner.
Exhibitions
"Keith Vaughan 1912-1977: An Exhibition of Paintings and Drawings," Olympia Fine Art and Antiques Fair, London, the United Kingdom, February 26 - March 3, 2002, no. KV 095.
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