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Keith Coventry,  Animus, c.1981

Sold for £950 at Roseberys on Mar 25, 2026.

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Keith Coventry, British b.1958 - Animus, c.1981; oil on canvas, signed on the reverse 'K Coventry', 120.7 x 180.5 cm (unframed) (ARR) Provenance: the Artist; Private Collection, UK, purchased directly from the above while at Brighton Art College Note: Coventry is hugely respected as both an artist and curator. He co-founded and curated City Racing, an influential not-for-profit gallery in Kennington, South London from 1988 to 1998. The gallery gave valuable exposure to artists such as Sarah Lucas, Gillian Wearing and Fiona Banner. Earlier this year Pace Gallery exhibited ‘Keith Coventry: City Racing’, showing celebrated bodies of work alongside a new series. In 2010 he won the John Moores Painting Prize for his Spectrum Jesus painting. His work has been exhibited widely in the United Kingdom and Europe and is included in collections worldwide, including the British Council; Tate Modern; Arts Council of England; Walker Art Center, Minneapolis; and The Museum of Modern Art, New York.

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