Michael Canney
Squaring Up, c. 1978
Inscribed verso
Oil on canvas
21 x 17 inches
Provenance
The Artist's Estate
Note: In 1958 Peter Lanyon brought Mark Rothko, during his famous visit to Cornwall, to meet Canney and to view some of the artist’s work. “A man of great presence and charm, he was very generous about my work and spent some time looking at it. This was very encouraging, as I regarded Rothko as the most important painter on the international scene at that time”.