Live Auction 778920th Century British And Irish Art
Christie’s roundel
Lot 81

Sir Matthew Smith (1879-1959)

Syringa, Peonies and Pears

Closed12 November 2009

Price Realised

GBP 80,450

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Sir Matthew Smith (1879-1959)
Syringa, Peonies and Pears
signed with initials 'MS' (lower left), dated '1938' (on the reverse)
oil on canvas
23¾ x 28¾ in. (60.3 x 73 cm.)

with Tooth's, London.

Specialist note

In the 1963 Tate Gallery exhibition catalogue, Thelma Cazalet-Keir comments, 'I have never been able to draw a straight line, or for that matter a crooked one, but because I have loved paintings, I have loved collecting them for a very long time'.