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Study for Laocoön Group, IV (1964)

Keith Vaughan

oil on panel

The Suter Art Gallery Te Aratoi o Whakatū, Nelson

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Classification:

Painting

Materials:

Oil, Panel

Physical Object Description:

An abstract painting; swathes of grey, lilac and blue, with a confluence of lines in the central region, which suggest a figure or group of figures (as per the reference in the title to the Greek myth of Laocoön and his two sons who were attacked by giant serpents, which is the subject of a famed marble sculpture in the Vatican).

Dimensions:

39 x 43.6 cm

Accession Number:

403

Credit:

Presented by the Contemporary Art Society, 1969

Scheme:

Historic Purchase by Purchaser (1914-2008)

Ownership history:

Purchased from Marlborough Fine Art by John Rothenstein (1901-1992) for the Contemporary Art Society, October 1964; presented to The Suter Art Gallery Te Aratoi o Whakatū, Nelson, 1969

Relationship:

John Knewstub Maurice Rothenstein Marlborough (Marlborough Fine Art Ltd), London The Suter Art Gallery Te Aratoi o Whakatū, Nelson

Subject:

Greek and Roman mythology, Myths, Agony, Suffering

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