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At the suggestion of the art patron, Peter Watson, Craxton shared a studio with fellow artist Lucian Freud in Abercorn Place, where they both worked from 1942 until 1944. Although their work took very different directions there were stylistic similarities apparent at this time. In a Modern Painters article in 1992, Craxton said, ‘We did life drawing at Goldsmith’s College, and we both decided – I suppose it was due to Picasso – that we were both going to put one line down. The common way to draw was to stroke the side of the nude with about 25 lines, and your eye picked out the one that was the right one. We thought that was a cop-out. Our shading was done with dots, and of course, we got lots of remarks like “How’s the measles”'.

Jerwood Collection

Title

Still Life with Decanter I

Date

1942

Medium

pen, black ink, watercolour & gouache on paper

Measurements

H 44.5 x W 57.2 cm

Accession number

JC117

Acquisition method

purchased, 2006

Work type

Drawing

Signature/marks description

Signed, lower right: ‘-Craxton-’

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Jerwood Collection

England

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Artist or maker

John Craxton

1922–2009

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