4th Oct, 2025 9:30 GMT/BST
Geoffrey Key (b.1941)
Rolling Landscape
Signed and dated (19)86, oil on board, 72cm by 98cm
Sold for £3,800
Estimated at £3,000 - £5,000
Covered in a layer of surface dirt. The paint is slightly bubbling to areas of the black and dark green, especially to the black lower left, right of centre. Small areas of paint loss lower left corner, to the right of the signature and two larger areas approximately 1cm above this and to the right of this, also one larger area left hand side, approximately 10cm in to the right of the small black hills.
Slight superficial surface scratch to the white paint central and arching down into a green scratch to the left of the large green hill. A number of scuffs within the green and black paint right of centre. The odd minor loss to areas of the sky, one centre of sky, three to the upper right of the sky, etc. Small lines of loss above the dark green right side and one area within the dark green below.
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