JOHN FIRTH-SMITH born 1943
Contemplation 1987
Estimate: $38000 - 45000
Sold For:
$38000 hammer
Description
JOHN FIRTH-SMITH born 1943
Contemplation 1987
oil on canvas
121.5 x 365.5 cm
signed, dated and inscribed verso: JOHN FIRTH-SMITH/ CONTEMPLATION/ Firth-Smith 87
Provenance:
Powell Street Gallery, Melbourne (label attached verso)
Charles Nodrum Gallery, Melbourne 1995 (label attached verso)
Private collection, Melbourne
Deutscher-Menzies, Sydney, 6 December 2006, lot 20
Private collection, Melbourne
Exhibited:
Possibly Recent Works: Peter Clarke, John Firth-Smith, John Peart, Powell Street Gallery, Melbourne, 28 February - 19 March 1987
Reference:
Wilson, G., John Firth-Smith: A Voyage That Never Ends, Craftsman House, Sydney, 2000, pp.128,155,219 (illus. pl.83) (as Contemplation No.2)
Estimate: $38000 - 45000
Result Hammer: $38000
Location
SYDNEY VIEWING. 6 - 9 March 11am - 6pm. 12 Todman Avenue, Kensington
MELBOURNE VIEWING. 13 - 19 March 11am - 6pm. Stonington Mansion, 336 Glenferrie Rd, Malvern