Mick Rooney RA (b.1944)
'The Trampolinist'
signed and dated 'MR/75' l.r., numbered '4' and inscribed verso, mixed media
24 x 28cm, within a frame painted by the artist
Provenance: The vendor's father, Deryck Healey, was a tutor at the Royal College of Art and encouraged Mick Rooney when he was a young artist. It was at Deryck Healey's suggestion that Rooney painted the frame.
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Sold for £460
Condition Report
Overall: 35.5 x 49.5cm
slight scuffing to frame but generally in good order.
Auction: Modern and Contemporary Art - Timed Auction - Fri 1 Jul to Sun 10 Jul, ending 10th Jul, 2022
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