LOT DETAILS

Materials:

oil on canvas

Measurements:

47.83 in. (121.50 cm.) (height) by 143.90 in. (365.50 cm.) (width)

Markings:

signed, dated and inscribed verso: JOHN FIRTH-SMITH/ CONTEMPLATION/ Firth-Smith 87

Exhibited:

Possibly Recent Works: Peter Clarke, John Firth-Smith, John Peart, Powell Street Gallery, Melbourne, 28 February - 19 March 1987

Literature:

Wilson, G., John Firth-Smith: A Voyage That Never Ends, Craftsman House, Sydney, 2000, pp.128,155,219 (illus. pl.83) (as Contemplation No.2)

Provenance:

Powell Street Gallery, Melbourne (label attached verso); Charles Nodrum Gallery, Melbourne 1995 (label attached verso); Private collection, Melbourne; Deutscher-Menzies, Sydney, 6 December 2006, lot 20; Private collection, Melbourne