Live Auction 10364Modern British and Irish Art Day Sale, London
Sir Matthew Smith (1879-1959)
Lot 224

Sir Matthew Smith (1879-1959)

Flowers in a jug, red background

Closed26 June 2015

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GBP 30,000

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Sir Matthew Smith (1879-1959)
Flowers in a jug, red background
signed with initials 'MS' (lower left)
oil on canvas
31 ¾ x 25 ½ in. (80.5 x 60.8 cm.)
Painted in 1928.

with Arthur Tooth & Sons, London.
Vera Russell, and by descent to Richard Burton.
Anonymous sale; Bonhams, London, 25 March 2003, lot 88, where purchased by the present owner.

Specialist note

Vera Russell was born Vera Poliakoff in 1911 and was a Shakespearean actress and art collector. Known by her stage name Vera Lindsay, she performed in early television productions of The Tempest and Twelfth Night and trod the boards of the Old Vic alongside Laurence Olivier in the thirties.