Sir Matthew Smith (1879-1959)
Jeune Femme
signed with initials 'MS' (lower right), inscribed 'No. 1/Jeune Femme' (on a label attached to the reverse)
oil on canvas
29 x 36 in. (73.7 x 91.5 cm.)
Painted in 1924
Lot Essay
The model in this painting is Vera Cuningham with whom Smith lived at the Villa Brune in Paris between 1923 and 1926.