KEITH CHAPMAN - MODERN ART
new artworks
KEITH VAUGHAN [1912-77]
Fishing Boat and Nets
pencil
annotated by artist and with studio stamp initials bottom right
10 x 14 cm [23 x 27 cm including mount - unframed]
Provenance: Professor John Ball [acquired directly from the artist]
WALTER SICKERT R.A. [1860-1942]
Echo
oil on canvas
signed on reverse of canvas
60 x 37 cm [88 x 62 cm including frame]
provenance: private collection, UK
authenticated by Sickert expert Dr Wendy Baron
ALAN REYNOLDS R.A. [1926-2014]
Sycamore & Oats
1953
watercolour
signed and titled
26 x 16 cm
Provenance: Redfern Gallery; private collection, UK
ROBERT CLATWORTHY R.A. [1928-2015]
Dog 111 [Life-size]
1968-9
bronze, edition of 8 [1/8]
87 cm long
Provenance: Private collection, UK [acquired directly from the artist]
Literature: 'Robert Clatworthy', Sansom, 2012, p.116, pl. RC86 [this cast illustrated]
ROBERT CLATWORTHY R.A. [1928-2015]
Head
2002
acrylic on card
signed
35 x 25 cm
Provenance: Private collection, UK [acquired directly from the artist]
Sir JACOB EPSTEIN [1880-1959]
Sunita [2nd portrait]
1925
bronze, edition of 6
57 cm high
Provenance: private collection, UK
Literature: 'The Sculpture of Epstein', E. Silber, Phaidon, 1986, p.158. no.160
Sunita was Epstein's favourite model and this is probably the best portrait of her
Sir JACOB EPSTEIN [1880-1959]
Fountain Figure
1908
charcoal [double-sided] drawing
signed & titled
50 x 32 cm [74 x 54 cm with frame]
This is the only known study for Epstein's first major carving [following the 'Strand statues] the life-size marble 'Fountain Figure', modelled by Euphemia Lamb. An important early Epstein drawing
[NB. the background looks dirty in the photo, but isn't]
Sir JACOB EPSTEIN [1880-1959]
Lovers on an Eagle's Back [Bird in Flight]
1946
bronze, edition of 6
signed
21 cm long
Provenance: Leicester Galleries; Private collection, UK
Literature: 'The Sculpture of Epstein', E. Silber, Phaidon, 1986, p.199, no. 326
One of 2 or 3 similar maquettes for a proposed alabaster carving [never realised] - intended as an edition of 6, but we think only one or 2 of each were actually cast
PETER KINLEY [1926-88]
Seated Figure
1958
oil on card
13.5 x 10 cm [29 x 25 cm including frame]
Provenance: Monika Kinley [the artist's wife]; private collection, UK
ALEXANDER MACKENZIE [1923-2002]
Villa Adriana
1993
oil on board
signed
76 x 46 cm [97 x 66 cm including frame]
Provenance: Private collection, UK, acquired directly from the artist in 1995
F E McWILLIAM R.A. [1909-89]
Torso
c.1940
wood-carving, unique
35 cm high
Provenance: Private collection, UK [acquired directly from the artist]; Private collection, UK
Seen by Denise Ferran, author of the catalogue raisonne on McWilliam in 2011, but too late to include in the book, published shortly afterwards
BERNARD MEADOWS R.A. [1915-2005]
Four Cock reliefs
1952
bronze, edition of 6
signed M
27 x 22 cm [41 x 34 cm with mount]
Provenance: private collection, UK [acquired directly from the artist]
HENRY MOORE [1898-1986]
Seated Torso 11
1975
ink, charcoal & crayon
signed
28 x 22 cm [44 x 37 cm including frame]
Provenance: Mary Moore [acquired directly from the artist]; private collection, UK
Literature: 'Henry Moore - Complete Drawings, Vol.4', A Garrould, Lund Humphries, p.315, no. AG75.15 [illustrated]
CERI RICHARDS R.A. [1903-71]
Abstract composition
c. 1970-1
gouache & crayon on 4 sheets of paper laid on board
29 x 38 cm [50 x 59 cm including frame]
Study for a proposed mural, possibly for Cardiff University.
Provenance: Frances Richards; private collection, UK
LEON UNDERWOOD [1890-1975]
Restraint
1963
bronze, unique
signed
16 cm high
Provenance: Private collection, acquired directly from the artist
Literature: 'The Sculpture of Leon Underwood', B Whitworth, Lund Humphries, 2000, p.143, no.231
Exhibited: Minories Gallery, major retrospective exhibition, 1969, no.107
