Portrait of Lady (Molly) Huxley 1966

Gray Smith (1919-1990)

Portrait of Lady (Molly) Huxley 1966

oil on board
89.0 x 59.0 cm

signed and dated lower right: Gray Smith/ 66

Provenance:

Acquired from the artist, the Australian National University Union, Canberra, 1966

Exhibited:

Canberra and Goulburn Regional Round for the Helena Rubinstein Portrait Prize (Winner), David Jones Department Store, Canberra, 23 - 28 May 1966

Helena Rubinstein Portrait Prize (Finalist), Claude Hotchin Art Gallery, Perth, June 1966

Paintings by Gray Smith and John Perceval, Residence of Henri Souillac, Cultural Attaché to the French Embassy, Canberra, 10 - 13 May 1967

(possibly) Deux Aspects de la Peinture Australienne: Gray Smith, Arthur Wicks, Cité Internationale des Arts in association with Qantas Airways, Paris, 1968

Reference:

‘Painted Faces,’ Canberra Times, 24 May 1966, p.12

‘Highlight,’ Canberra Times, 26 May 1966, p.19

‘Letter to the Editor,’ Canberra Times, 12 May 1967, p.13

Estimate: $4000 - 6000