Oil painting by Michael Stephánou Chrome 1960s-era day bed with a

1960s-era day bed with a teak frame featuring foam cushions that are newly upholstered in charcoal wool fabric

Extended: 198L cm

Overlapping curved and diagonal shapes offer structure to the painting and help to guide our eye around the canvas in a circular movement

Features drop-in leaf (stored separately) and sits up to eight comfortably when fully extended

spontaneous mood of the artist

Oil painting by Michael Stephánou Chrome 1960s-era day bed with aBorn in Greece, M Stephanous initial education was at Athens Polytechnic. In 1960, he then went on to study under the guidance of the renowned artist and friend of Picasso, Demetrios Galanis. A distinctive feature of this painting is the way in which Stephanou has chosen to work using an extended horizontal canvas. The effect of this wide canvas has enabled the artist to emphasise the sense of a vast open horizon, as stretching fields unfold from left