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Three male figures are facing frontally. Their heads and faces are similar to a primitive style of drawing/portraiture, with few details. Figures on the left and right are fair haired and wear light clothes (the figure on the right also wears shoes) whereas the figure in the centre has dark hair and facial hair and wears a red tunic with black markings. The figure on the right raises his right arm and stands with his legs apart. The figure on the left raises his left arm and has his legs crossed. There are no background details.

Manchester Art Gallery

Manchester

Title

The Goatmen

Date

1948–1952

Medium

oil on paper

Measurements

H 37.6 x W 55.7 cm

Accession number

1952.3

Acquisition method

purchased from the Redfern Gallery, 1952

Work type

Painting

Inscription description

signiture (bl edge): Macbryde Colquhoun inscription (tlc): THREE MAD MEN

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