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The Lustre Jug
Details
SIR MATTHEW SMITH (1879-1959)
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.
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.
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.
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.
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