Sir Matthew Smith

Cyclamen

c.1920

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Not on display
Artist
Sir Matthew Smith 1879–1959
Medium
Oil paint on canvas
Dimensions
Support: 610 x 508 mm
Collection
Tate
Acquisition
Purchased 1935
Reference
N04782

Catalogue entry

N04782 CYCLAMEN c. 1920

Not inscribed.
Canvas, 24×20 (61×50·5).
Purchased from the artist through Arthur Tooth & Sons (Clarke Fund) 1935.
Exh: Pictures for Collectors, Tooth's, January 1932 (28); Contemporary British Art, Tooth's, summer 1932 (27); Tate Gallery, September–October 1953 (20), and Arts Council tour, November 1953–February 1954 (12).

Probably painted c. 1920 since it is close in style to ‘Cornish Church’ (N05903).

Published in:
Mary Chamot, Dennis Farr and Martin Butlin, The Modern British Paintings, Drawings and Sculpture, London 1964, II

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