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Keith Vaughan — Labourers Sowing
Keith Vaughan

Labourers Sowing

"Labourers Sowing" by Keith Vaughan depicts agricultural workers engaged in planting, rendered in the artist's characteristic style that blends figuration with abstraction. Vaughan's composition emphasizes the rhythmic, physical nature of manual labor through dynamic brushwork and a muted, earthy palette that conveys both the dignity and the geometric abstraction of the human form. The work reflects Vaughan's broader interest in representing working people and the landscape as subjects worthy of modernist artistic treatment, creating a bridge between social realism and formal abstraction.

Signed
Yes

🔨 Auction Lot

Modern British and Irish Art Day Sale

March 19, 2026

Estimate: $7,000$10,000

Sold: $8,255

Lot 183

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Keith Vaughan, Labourers Sowing

"Labourers Sowing" by Keith Vaughan depicts agricultural workers engaged in planting, rendered in the artist's characteristic style that blends figuration with abstraction. Vaughan's composition emphasizes the rhythmic, physical nature of manual labor through dynamic brushwork and a muted, earthy palette that conveys both the dignity and the geometric abstraction of the human form. The work reflects Vaughan's broader interest in representing working people and the landscape as subjects worthy of modernist artistic treatment, creating a bridge between social realism and formal abstraction.

Signed
Hand-signed by the artist
Seen at
Christie's, London, United Kingdom

Related themes

Muted Color Palette, 20th Century, British Artist, Canvas, Modern Art, Oil Painting, Socially conscious, Agricultural Labor, Figurative, Humanist

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