Clifford Bayliss

1912 - 1989

Woman with Chains c1940s

Surrealist drawing
Pen and ink
31 x 19 cm
Studio number LB.96

Provenance: Estate of the artist, by descent;
Estate of Josephine Bayliss, 2022

Exhibited: Clifford Bayliss Paintings, drawings and gouaches 1940s -1980s, from the estate of the artist, London, September 2011, no.  9, illustrated

The surreal works come from everyday scenes combined with medical details. In 1945 Bayliss worked with Harry Freeman FRCS developing a camera for photographing the interior of the stomach. The tattered banners and desolate battlefields hark back to the symbolism of Urs Graf

Item #2664

Price: $1,850.00