Tuesday 25 March 2025

Lot 202

Keith Vaughan, British 1912-1977 – Landscape, 1953; oil on board, signed lower right 'Vaughan 53',...

View More

Lot 202

Keith Vaughan,
British 1912-1977 – 
Landscape, 1953; 
oil on board, signed lower right 'Vaughan 53',...

Starting Bid: £28,000

Estimate: £40,000 - £60,000

Get Shipping Quote

See shipping conditions on our partner's website.

Get Shipping Quote

See shipping conditions on our partner's website.

Additional fees apply 31.2%. Inc.VAT/sales tax - Bid Calculator

Please note that submitting this bid is legally binding.

Share this lot

Let your friends and family know about this lot

Lot 202

Description

Keith Vaughan,
British 1912-1977 – 

Landscape, 1953; 

oil on board, signed lower right 'Vaughan 53', 36.8 x 51.3 cm (ARR) 

Provenance: 
Dr A Neumann; 
with The Matthiesen Gallery, London (according to the label attached to the reverse of the frame); 
with Waddington Galleries, London; 
private collection; 
with Beaux Arts, Bath; 
John Allen;
Wayne Graham, Bath; 
Christie's, London, Twentieth Century British Art, 12th June 1998, lot 19; 
private collection 

Exhibited: 
Leicester Galleries, London, 'Exhibition of Works by Keith Vaughan', October 1953, either cat. no.5, 16 or 19; 
Durlacher Brothers, New York, 'Keith Vaughan: Paintings and Gouaches', 18th January-19th February 1955; 
Mappin Art Gallery, Sheffield, 'Keith Vaughan: paintings, gouaches and drawings 1941-68', 7th March-5th April 1969, cat. no.5

Note: 
with thanks to Anthony Hepworth for his assistance with the cataloguing of this work. His reference AH 155. 

This enigmatic landscape was made in 1953, a pivotal year in the artist’s career. Vaughan exhibited at the celebrated Leicester Galleries, where this work was shown, as well as part of the seminal show ‘Space in Colour’ at The Hanover Gallery curated by Patrick Heron, alongside the most celebrated figures of post-war British paintings such as William Scott, Victor Pasmore and Peter Lanyon. These events would bring his work to a wider audience and drive museums, including the Tate, to start purchasing his work. 

In this painting, Vaughan has dispensed with all figures and any literary references to explore pure landscape, using it as a cypher for his psychic state and dislocated understanding of the world around him. Despite the rigorous structure of the composition, there is a bodily quality to the curved forms of the landscape that locates the work within the artist's personal experiences. There is an economy to composition, with its autumnal palette of browns, greys and greens, every form pulsing in dialogue with the next. 

The work has been exhibited widely and internationally, including in New York and at the artist’s museum retrospective in Sheffield, demonstrating its importance within his oeuvre. 

Please login to request a condition report or ask more questions.

Buyer's Premium

The buyer shall pay the hammer price together with a premium thereon of 26% up to £20,000 (31.2% inclusive of VAT), 25% from £20,001 - £500,000 (30% inclusive of VAT), 20% from £500,001 thereafter (24% inclusive of VAT). The premium price is subject to VAT at the standard rate.

VAT
VAT is not charged on the hammer price unless it is stated that there is 'VAT applicable on the hammer price at the end of the description. Buyer's premium is subject to VAT.
(ARR) - ARTIST'S RESALE RIGHT

Qualifying living artists and the descendants of artists deceased within the last 70 years are entitled to receive a re-sale royalty each time their work is bought through an auction house or art market professional.

It applies to lots with hammer value over £1,000 as follows:
0 to £50,000 - 4%
£50,000.01 to £200,000 - 3%
£200,000.01 to £350,000 - 1%
£350,000.01 to £500,000 - 0.5%
Exceeding £500,000 - 0.25%
ARR is capped at £12,500

Please note ARR is calculated in euros. Auctioneers will apply current exchange rates.

Export of goods

Buyers intending to export goods should ascertain whether an export licence is required before bidding. Export licences are issued by Arts Council England and application forms can be obtained from its Export Licensing Unit. Details can be found on the ACE website www.artscouncil.org.uk or by phoning ACE on 020 7973 5188. The need for import licences varies from country to country and you should acquaint yourself with all relevant local requirements and provisions before bidding. The refusal of any such licences shall not permit the cancelling of any sale nor allow any delay in making full payment for the lot.

Own a similar item?

Receive alerts about similar lots

Continue Browsing

View More Lots View More Lots

LOT 203

John Piper CH, British 1903-1992 - Échillais, Charente, 1969; gouache on paper, signed lower right...

Estimate: £8000 - £12000

Starting Bid: £5,500

LOT 204

Anthony Pyke, British 1921-2001 - November Landscape, 1963; oil on canvas, signed with initial lower...

Estimate: £300 - £500

Starting Bid: £200

LOT 205

British post-war school, 20th century - Musicians on a shore; oil on canvas, with another...

Estimate: £600 - £800

Starting Bid: £420

LOT 206

Clifford Fishwick, British 1923-1997 - Bathers Dressing, 1956; oil on panel, signed and dated lower...

Estimate: £400 - £600

Starting Bid: £280

LOT 207

Ernst Eisenmayer, Austrian/British 1920-2018 - Two Figures, 1962; oil on board, signed and dated...

Estimate: £300 - £500

Starting Bid: £200

LOT 208

Ernst Eisenmayer, Austrian/British 1920-2018 - Seascape, 1965; oil on board, signed and dated lower...

Estimate: £300 - £500

Starting Bid: £200

LOT 209

Daniel O'Neill, Irish 1920-1974 - Down and Outs; oil on board, signed upper left 'D O'Neill',...

Estimate: £2500 - £3000

Starting Bid: £1,600

LOT 210

Daniel O'Neill, Irish 1920-1974 - Flotsam, Landscape Donegal; oil on board, titled on the...

Estimate: £4000 - £6000

Starting Bid: £2,800

LOT 211

Denis Williams, Guyanese/British 1923-2008 - Untitled, 1951; gouache and pencil on paper, signed and...

Estimate: £500 - £700

Starting Bid: £340

LOT 212

John Christoforou, British/Greek 1921-2004 - Woman in profile with flower; charcoal on paper,...

Estimate: £400 - £600

Starting Bid: £280

LOT 213

Austin Cooper, Canadian 1890–1964 - Conject 61a, 1960; gouache and mixed media on card, titled and...

Estimate: £200 - £300

Current Bid: £140

LOT 214

Frank Avray Wilson, British 1914-2009 - Tower, c.1958; oil on board, signed with initials lower...

Estimate: £2000 - £3000

Starting Bid: £1,400

LOT 215

Derek Southall, British 1930-2011 - Palimpsest of a City, 2nd Version, 1962;  oil on canvas, signed,...

Estimate: £300 - £500

Starting Bid: £200

LOT 216

William Newcombe, British/Canadian 1907-1969 - Melody, 1959; oil and assemblage, signed lower right...

Estimate: £300 - £500

Starting Bid: £200

LOT 217

Denis Wirth-Miller, British 1915-2010 - Scrub Landscape, 1956; oil on canvas, 77 x 92 cm (ARR) 

Estimate: £4000 - £6000

Starting Bid: £2,800

LOT 218

Isabel Rawsthorne, British 1912-1992 - Baboon; oil on canvas, signed with monogram lower right,...

Estimate: £8000 - £12000

Starting Bid: £5,500

Newsletter SignupNewsletter Signup

Keyword AlertsKeyword Alerts