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Presentation: Framed
Signed on the reverse;
oil on canvas, 32 × 42 in. (81.3 × 106.7 cm.)

Painted in the artist’s Oakley Street studio in Chelsea, this work depicts a model posed in an unidentified beach scene. The painting can be dated by the model’s hairstyle and the design of her swimming costume.

We are grateful to Jacquie Lewis for assistance.

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Presentation: Mounted
Black and white chalk on buff coloured paper
19 x 26 in.  (48.3 x 66cm.)

Dearden is known to have painted various scenes of industrial activity, especially around his home town of Swindon, (whose motto is Salubritas et Industria). The background, real or imaginary, suggests one of the industrial towns of the Midlands.  The workmen are shown pouring hot pitch which suggests this is a bridge or viaduct.  The American influenced large chequered shirts suggest that this is a post Second World War drawing.

We are grateful to Michael Barker for assistance.