JOHN FIRTH-SMITH born 1943
Whale 1987
Estimate: $28000 - 38000
Sold For:
$24000 hammer
Description
JOHN FIRTH-SMITH born 1943
Whale 1987
oil on canvas
121.5 x 366.0 cm
signed and dated verso: Firth Smith 87
signed, dated and inscribed verso: JOHN FIRTH-SMITH/ WHALE/ 1987 SYDNEY
Provenance:
Australian Galleries, Melbourne
Private collection, Melbourne
Lawson-Menzies, Sydney, 25 September 2008, lot 224
Private collection, Melbourne
Lawson-Menzies, Sydney, 30 August 2010, lot 55
Private collection, Melbourne
Reference:
Wilson, G., John Firth-Smith: A Voyage that Never Ends, Craftsman House, Sydney, 2000 (illus. p.160, pl.87)
Estimate: $28000 - 38000
Result Hammer: $24000
Location
VIEWING MELBOURNE
22 – 25 NOVEMBER, 11am-6pm
Menzies Gallery, 1 Darling Street, SOUTH YARRA VIC 3141
VIEWING SYDNEY
29 NOVEMBER – 5 DECEMBER, 11am-6pm
Menzies Gallery, 12 Todman Avenue, KENSINGTON NSW 2033