Geoffrey Key (1941-), White Farms, signed and dated '6.11.07', artist's label inscribed on verso, mixed media, 41 x 50cm.; 16.25 x 19.75in. * He was a member of the Manchester Academy, gaining first prize there in 1971. Key showed at Salford Art Gallery from 1966; Sheffield University and abroad in 1974; other exhibitions including Harris Museum and Art Gallery, Preston, 1983; Blackheath Gallery from 1989 and Barn Gallery, Cheshire, 1991. Public galleries in Salford, Manchester and Bolton hold his work.