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Michael Smither 'Thomas with Beach Umbrella'
Estimate:
$160,000 - $240,000
Sold
$170,000
Live Auction
159: Important Paintings & Contemporary Art
ARTIST
Michael Smither
Category
Description
Michael Smither
Thomas with Beach Umbrella
oil on board (1969)
1395 x 780mm
Artist’s Note
“This painting started off being only as high as the horizon, but the lollipops of Thomas’s eyes made it necessary to contain them within a bigger reality, so I glued another piece of board and extended the umbrella.”
Thomas with Beach Umbrella
oil on board (1969)
1395 x 780mm
Artist’s Note
“This painting started off being only as high as the horizon, but the lollipops of Thomas’s eyes made it necessary to contain them within a bigger reality, so I glued another piece of board and extended the umbrella.”
Provenance
Private collection, Wellington.
Purchased from Peter McLeavey Gallery in 1971.
Purchased from Peter McLeavey Gallery in 1971.
Literature
Illustrated
Trish Gribben, Michael Smither: Painter (Ron Sang Publications, 2004), p. 69.
Trish Gribben, Michael Smither: Painter (Ron Sang Publications, 2004), p. 69.
Exhibited
‘Michael Smither: Paintings’, 30 November - 17 December 1971, Peter McLeavey Gallery, Wellington.
