Keith Vaughan

Abstract drawing of a squatting naked figure clutching their genitals and exposed intestines

[1943–6]

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Created by: Keith Vaughan 1912–1977
Title: Abstract drawing of a squatting naked figure clutching their genitals and exposed intestines
Date: [1943–6]
Medium: Ink, watercolour paint and pastel on paper
Dimensions: 245 × 365 mm (drawing), 265 × 380 mm (mount)
Description: Inscribed on the back, 'BDC4'. This is probably related to'Communication of Hate'.
Format: Artwork - on paper, unique
Collection: Tate Archive
Acquisition: Purchased by the archive from Thos. Agnew and Sons Ltd in November 1990
Reference: TGA 9013/1/45

Post-Impressionism Neo-Romanticism

Archive context

Sketches & drawings, advertising work, sketchbook and one gouache by Keith Vaughan TGA 9013 (148)
- Loose drawings and sketches TGA 9013/1 (127)
- - Abstract drawing of a squatting naked figure clutching their genitals and exposed intestines TGA 9013/1/45