The Two Sisters
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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.
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