Lot 17: Rodrigo Moynihan, R.A. (1910-1991)

Rodrigo Moynihan, R.A. (1910-1991)
Study for Medical Inspection
pencil and watercolour, squared for transfer
8 x 10½ in. (20.3 x 26.7 cm.)
Executed in 1943.

Gifted directly by the artist to the present owner.

The present work is a study for Medical Inspection in the Imperial War Museum Collection, London.
In Study for Medical Inspection we observe a line of soldiers stripped to the waist awaiting a medical inspection during the war. It is interesting to note that aside from other slight compositional changes, one soldier present in the study is omitted from the final work.