1948 Pencil and wax crayon on cream wove paper, mounted on card
378 x 283 mm. Purchase: Redfern Gallery 1960-1965 Funding support: Gulbenkian Foundation
One of a series of paintings, drawings and prints that Richards made on the theme after he had seen a beekeeper, enveloped in a protective mask, at Bryn Hoffnant in mid-Wales before the war
Semi- abstract representing a bee keeper. Head and shoulders of a moustached? man partly obscured by the rim and mesh of a bee keeper's hat. Only the lower half of his face is depicted and, in the centre, a blue tie is identifiable. Drawn in bold, varied lines of pencil and wax crayon
