Live Auction 5132Twentieth Century British Art
Keith Vaughan (1912-1977)
Lot 52 VARIOUS PROPERTIES

Keith Vaughan (1912-1977)

Soldiers in a Bell Tent

Closed6 December 2007

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GBP 7,500

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Keith Vaughan (1912-1977)
Soldiers in a Bell Tent
signed and dated 'Keith Vaughan/1942.' (lower right)
pencil and ink
5¼ x 8½ in. (13.3 x 21.6 cm.)
The work is accompanied by a postcard from the artist to the present owner's mother confirming that she was gifted the present work.

Acquired directly from the artist by the present owner's mother in 1964.

Specialist note

Vaughan, who served as a non-combatant in the Pioneer Corps, made sensitive and gentle drawings of barrack life and of his fellow soldiers, emphasising involuntary shared situations. As Alan Ross comments, 'it is not the most dashing or glamourous side of military life, but probably it is the most real' (see A. Ross, Colours of War, London, 1983, p. 123).