Works

Kitchen-Sink Painting. 1942-58

Sheffield - the fire escape

  • Conte crayon on paper
  • 25.5 x 19.0 cms
  • 1952

Sheffield - the fire escape

Signed and dated

Travelling back to Sheffield after his first term at the Royal College of Art in the winter of 1949, Greaves had seen the city as though for the first time. He discovered a dramatic, stark beauty in the streets.

History

A Century of Drawings, James Hyman Gallery, London, 2 July - 29 August 2003

Derrick Greaves, Paintings and Drawings 1952 - 2002, James Hyman Gallery, 28 January - 4 March 2005

Literature

Derrick Greaves: Paintings and Drawings 1952 - 2002, James Hyman Gallery, London, 2003, (cat. 3), illustrated p.6.

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