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Estimate: $ 25,000 - $ 35,000
HUGHIE LEE-SMITH (1915 - 1999) Man on a Bench Reading.
Oil on linen canvas, 1998-99. 711x864 mm; 28x34 inches.
Provenance: the collection of the artist; estate of the artist; thence by descent, private collection.
The enigmatic motif of a person seated on a bench with a placard appears in several of Hughie Lee-Smith's late paintings, including Silhouette, 1995 and Silhouette and Shadow, 1997.
