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Sir Matthew Smith

The Two Sisters

Auction Closed

June 10, 02:51 PM GMT

Estimate

30,000 - 50,000 GBP

Lot Details

Description

Sir Matthew Smith

1879 - 1959

The Two Sisters


signed with initials (on the reverse)

oil on canvas

unframed: 51 by 69cm.; 20 by 27in.

framed: 69.5 by 87.5cm.; 27½ by 34½in.

Executed in 1930-1.

Arthur Tooth & Sons, London, 21 April 1932

Mr and Mrs F. W. Halliday, Shrewsbury

Crane Kalman Gallery, London, until 1990, where purchased by Lord Irvine of Lairg, Q.C., until 2009

Acquired by the present owner

Formes et Couleurs, 1948, no. 5/6, illustrated

John Russell, 'Matthew Smith in France', Apollo, vol. 76, 1962, pp. 372-6, illustrated fig. 6

Malcolme Yorke, Matthew Smith: A Biography, Faber and Faber, London, 1997, illustrated pl. 42

John Gledhill, Catalogue Raisonné of the Oil Paintings of Matthew Smith, Lund Humphries, London, 2009, no. 360, illustrated p. 159

London, Arthur Tooth & Sons, Recent Paintings by Matthew Smith, April 1932, no. 17

Leeds, Temple Newsam, Epstein Matthew Smith Exhibition, June 1942, no. 119

London, Mayor Gallery, Matthew Smith: 15 Paintings from 1921 to 1946, 25 January - 16 February 1949, no. 5

Edinburgh, Royal Scottish Academy, 1952, no. 274 (details untraced)

London, Tate Gallery, Matthew Smith: Paintings from 1909 to 1952, 3 September – 18 October 1953, no. 43

London, Royal Academy, Sir Matthew Smith Exhibition, 1960, no. 133

London, Waddington Galleries, Matthew Smith. A Loan Exhibition. Paintings from 1920-1950, 4 - 27 January 1968, no. 9

London, Crane Kalman, A Selection of Thirty Paintings by Matthew Smith, 10 May - 21 July 1990, no. 16, illustrated in the exh. cat.