ID 1051373
Lot 209 | SIR MATTHEW SMITH (1879-1959)
Estimate value
£ 20 000 – 30 000
The Lustre Jug
signed with initials 'MS' (lower left)
oil on canvas
19 ½ x 28 ¾ in. (49.5 x 73 cm.)
Painted in 1943.
Provenance
with Arthur Tooth & Sons, London.
Mrs T.C.S. Haywood, by 1960.
with Lefevre Fine Art, London.
Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, London, 10 December 2013, lot 141, where purchased by the present owner.
Literature
J. Rothenstein, 'Matthew Smith', Beaverbrook Newspapers, London, 1962, p. 32, illustrated.
J. Gledhill, Catalogue Raisonné of the Oil Paintings of Matthew Smith: With a Critical Introduction to His Work, Farnham, 2009, p. 221, no. 578, illustrated.
Exhibited
London, Royal Academy, A Memorial Exhibition of Works by Sir Matthew Smith, October - December 1960, no. 232.
| Artist: | Matthew Smith (1879 - 1959) |
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| Applied technique: | Oil on canvas |
| Art style: | Modern art |
| Genre: | Still life |
| Auction house category: | Paintings |
| Artist: | Matthew Smith (1879 - 1959) |
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| Applied technique: | Oil on canvas |
| Art style: | Modern art |
| Genre: | Still life |
| Auction house category: | Paintings |
| Address of auction |
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