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Stephen McKenna

The Marriage of Painting and Sculpture

Lot Closed

May 2, 12:36 PM GMT

Estimate

10,000 - 15,000 EUR

Lot Details

Description

Stephen McKenna

1939 - 2017

The Marriage of Painting and Sculpture


signed sMcK (lower right); also signed Stephen McKenna, dated 1980 and inscribed on the reverse

oil on canvas

unframed: 150.5 by 200 cm.; 59 ¼ x 78 ¾ in.

framed: 152 by 202 cm.; 59 3/4 by 79 1/2 in.

Executed in 1980. 


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Stephen McKenna

1939 - 2017

The Marriage of Painting and Sculpture


signé sMcK (en bas à droite); aussi signé Stephen McKenna, daté 1980 et inscrit au revers

huile sur toile

sans cadre: 150.5 by 200 cm.; 59 ¼ x 78 ¾ in.

avec cadre: 152 by 202 cm.; 59 3/4 by 79 1/2 in.

Exécuté en 1980.

Hubert and Marie-Thérèse Peeters, Brussels, renowned collectors of Marcel Broodthaers and Stephen McKenna, acquired directly from the artist

Thence by descent to the present owners


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Provenant de la collection privée de Hubert et Marie-Thérèse Peeters, Bruxelles, collectionneurs renommés de Marcel Broodthaers et Stephen McKenna, acquis directement auprès de l'artiste

Puis par descendance au propriétaires actuels

The Pursuit of Painting, Irish Museum of Modern art, Dublin, 1997 (curated by S. McKenna)

Between Earth and Heaven, New Classical Movements in the Art of Today, Museum of Modern Art, Ostend 2001, p. 228.

Belfast, Arts Council Gallery, Stephen Mc Kenna, 3 May 1981 – 6 June 1981

Oxford, Museum of Modern Art, Stephen Mc Kenna, 1983

Eindhoven, Stedelijk Van Abbe Museum, Stephen Mc Kenna, 1984

Düsseldorf, Kunsthalle, Stephen Mc Kenna, 17 May – 22 June 1986