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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.
Derrick Greaves
Sheffield - the fire escape
Conte crayon on paper
25.5 x 19.0 cms (10.02 x 7.47 ins)
1952
Signed and dated
Sold
Exhibited:
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.