Sir Matthew Smith (British, 1879-1959)
Still Life with Green Leaves
signed with initials 'MS' (lower right)
oil on canvas
58.5 x 72.5 cm. (23 x 28 1/2 in.)
Painted in the 1940s
Footnotes:
Provenance
With Lefevre Gallery, London
With The Mayor Gallery, London, 1957
Private Collection, U.K.

Literature
John Gledhill, Catalogue Raisonné of the Oil Paintings of Matthew Smith, Lund Humphries, Farnham, 2009, p.221, cat.no.582 (ill.b&w)

We are grateful to John Gledhill for his assistance in cataloguing this lot.
This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: AR
AR Goods subject to Artists Resale Right Additional Premium.

Please note that this work has been examined under ultraviolet light and outside of its frame.

A varnish has been applied and examination with ultraviolet light reveals an area of fluorescence 40 x 5 mm at the extreme upper edge, towards the left-hand corner. There are two smaller areas below this, one towards the lower left-hand corner, and one to a built-up area of impasto of the brown pigment of the doll's stomach, with a small area of lifting to the paint surface also apparent. Frame abrasion is apparent at the lower, left-hand and upper edges; however, this is not visible when framed. There is some very fine paint separation apparent to the central passage of the composition.

Taking the above into consideration, the work appears to be in good condition.