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SIR MATTHEW SMITH (1879-1959)

Lot 173
22.03.2023 13:00UTC +00:00
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Lot 173 | SIR MATTHEW SMITH (1879-1959)
Estimate value
£ 40 000 – 60 000
SIR MATTHEW SMITH (1879-1959)

Peaches in a Striped Dish

signed with initials 'MS' (lower left)

oil on canvas

20 x 24 in. (50.8 x 61 cm.)

Painted in 1950.





Provenance

Mr and Mrs Francis Halliday, by 1953.

with Crane Kalman Gallery, London, where purchased by the present owner in 2003.



Literature

M. Yorke, Matthew Smith: His Life and Reputation, London, 1997, n.p., pl. 65.

J. Gledhill, Catalogue Raisonné of the Oil Paintings of Matthew Smith, Farnham, 2009, p. 249, no. 675, illustrated.



Exhibited

London, Arthur Tooth & Sons, Paintings of Various Periods by Matthew Smith, June - July 1951, no. 3.

London, Tate Gallery, Matthew Smith: Paintings from 1909-1952, September - October 1953, no. 79.

London, Royal Academy, A Memorial Exhibition of Works by Sir Matthew Smith, October - December 1960, no. 221.

Swansea, Welsh Committee of the Arts Council, Glynn Vivian Art Gallery, Matthew Smith: An Exhibition of Paintings, June - July 1966, no. 38.

London, Waddington Galleries, Matthew Smith: A Loan Exhibition of Paintings from 1920-1950, January 1968, no. 17.

Sheffield, City Art Gallery, on long-term loan, 1990-2000.



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Artist's Resale Right ("Droit de Suite"). Artist's Resale Right Regulations 2006 apply to this lot, the buyer agrees to pay us an amount equal to the resale royalty provided for in those Regulations, and we undertake to the buyer to pay such amount to the artist's collection agent.
Artist:Matthew Smith (1879 - 1959)
Applied technique:Oil on canvas
Art style:Modern art
Genre:Still life
Auction house category:Paintings
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