Assembly of Figures

© the estate of Keith Vaughan. All rights reserved, DACS 2024. Image credit: Manchester Art Gallery

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A painting representing a figure group of four nude men against a landscape of abstract forms resembling areas of sea and rock. One man stands apart to the left with hands behind his back, the other three to the right stand in varied positions; one crouching down, one bending over, and one standing with his hand raised to his head. The figures are reminiscent of Cubist work, in that the figures are shown as having abstracted bodily forms in a primitivising setting. The colours of the work are dark and include tones of green, brown and dark grey, the paintwork is scratchy and expressionistic in parts.

Manchester Art Gallery

Manchester

Title

Assembly of Figures

Date

1953

Medium

oil on soft board

Measurements

H 101.5 x W 121.9 cm

Accession number

1957.8

Acquisition method

gift from the Contemporary Art Society, 1957

Work type

Painting

Inscription description

artist's inscription : : br : artist's name, date : Vaughan 53

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