LOT DETAILS

Materials:

oil on canvas

Measurements:

60.04 in. (152.50 cm.) (height) by 79.92 in. (203.00 cm.) (width)

Markings:

signed and dated /50; also signed, titled, dated 1950 and inscribed on a label attached to the stretcher

Exhibited:

London, Festival of Britain, 60 for 51, cat. no.52, illustrated in the catalogue pl.37; Newcastle, Hatton Gallery, Keith Vaughan, 1956, and subsequent tour; London, Whitechapel Gallery, Keith Vaughan: Retrospective Exhibition, March - April 1962, cat. no.122, illustrated in the catalogue pl.XXIII (as Theseus); Sheffield, City Art Galleries, Exhibition of 25 Paintings from 1951, 17th May - 2nd July, 1978, cat. no.24; On long-term loan to University of Sussex, March 1970 - February 1991.

Literature:

John Ball et al., Keith Vaughan: Images of Man - Figurative Paintings 1946-60, ILEA, London 1981, p.29, illustrated pl.11b (as Theseus and the Minotaur); Malcom Yorke, Keith Vaughan: His Life and Work, Constable & Co.Ltd, London 1990, pp.146-7 & 151.

Provenance:

Robert Banks George Millman (by 1962) His Sale, Sotheby's, London, 1st November 1967, lot 187 (as Theseus), where acquired by the present owners.