5th Oct, 2024 9:30 GMT/BST
Modern & Contemporary Art
607
Geoffrey Key (b.1941)
"Houses and Hills"
Signed and dated (20)03, inscribed verso, oil on canvas, 49.5cm by 60cm
Provenance: Purchased from the artist
Born in Manchester, Geoffrey Key attended the Manchester Regional College of Art where he undertook his artistic education, most notably gaining a postgraduate scholarship in sculpture. Key was tutored by, amongst others, Harry Rutherford, a key painter in L.S Lowry's 'Northern School'. As an artist, Key has a long and established record of solo exhibitions in the UK and further afield. He has gained academic awards, namely the Heywood Medal in Fine Art and the Guthrie Bond Travelling Scholarship and his extensive portfolio of work is structered around thematic lines of enquiry, with intellect, curiosity, originality and examination at the heart of his oeuvre. The artist once stated, "I love life… I love the joys of being alive. I try to paint happy pictures."
Sold for £3,000
Estimated at £3,000 - £4,000
Covered in a thin layer of surface dirt. Possible tiny nick lower right corner within the green? Areas where the paint is thin in places and the canvas is showing through by application. Otherwise in good overall condition.
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Auction: Modern & Contemporary Art, 5th Oct, 2024
A fine selection of Modern and Contemporary Art will be offered this October, with important works including "Torpedo Fish" by Henri Gaudier-Brzeska, "Houses, Trees and Ships" by Alfred Wallis and two paintings by Canadian folk artist Maud Lewis.
Also included in the sale are works by Christopher Wood, Henry Moore, Mary Fedden, Dame Eileen Mayo, John Hoyland, Sandra Blow, Bryan Pearce, Roger Hilton, Breon O'Casey and Sir Terry Frost.
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Thursday 3rd October and Friday 4th October 10am-4pm and the morning of the sale from 8am
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