Guy Grey-Smith
(1916 - 1981)
VILLAGE SCENE, CORNWALL, 1945
oil on canvas on compressed card
34.5 x 45.0 cm
43.5 x 53.5 cm (frame)
signed and dated lower right: G. Grey-Smith / 45
Estimate:
$4,000 - $6,000
Sold:
$13,500 (inc. BP)
lot details
43.5 x 53.5 cm (frame)
Mrs Joy Halleen, Perth
The Skinner Collection, Perth
Thence by descent
Private collection, Perth
Exhibited
Guy Grey-Smith Retrospective 1976 – 1977, The Western Australian Art Gallery, Perth, 11 November – 12 December 1976, Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane, 13 January – 15 February 1977, cat. 1 (label attached verso)
Literature
Klepac, L., Guy Grey-Smith Retrospective, Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth, 1976, cat. 1, p. 26 (illus.)
Gaynor, A., Guy Grey–Smith: Life Force, University of Western Australia Publishing, Perth, 2012, p. 264
This work is located in our Melbourne Gallery
Condition:
This work is in very good, stable and near original condition.
The work would benefit from a new surface varnish by a qualified professional.
Under ultraviolet light inspection, there is no evidence of past restoration.
The work is housed in a reproduction limed timber frame.