Lot 201: STEPHEN MCKENNA (1939-2017) - The Acrobat

STEPHEN MCKENNA (1939-2017)
The Acrobat
signed with initials 'sMcK' (lower right) signed again and dated 'Stephen
McKenna/1987' (on the reverse)
oil on canvas
72 x 48 in. (183 x 122 cm.)
Painted in 1987.


PROVENANCE:
with Edward Totah Gallery, London, where purchased by Jeremy Lancaster in
June 1988.
EXHIBITED:
Edinburgh, Royal Scottish Academy, Reason and Emotion in Contemporary Art,
December 1987 - February 1988, no. 27.
Oxford, Museum of Modern Art, Stephen McKenna, 1988, catalogue not
traced.
LITERATURE:
The Guardian, 4 January 1988, n.p., illustrated.
The Financial Times, 14 January 1988.
Exhibition catalogue, Reason and Emotion in Contemporary Art, Edinburgh,
Royal Scottish Academy, 1987, p. 115, no. 27, illustrated.