Nov 26 at 10:30 AM - Sale 2688 -

Sale 2688 - Lot 87

Estimate: $ 40,000 - $ 60,000
HUGHIE LEE-SMITH (1915 - 1999)
Untitled.

Oil with paper collage on linen canvas, 1995. 965x1168 mm; 38x46 inches. Signed in oil, lower left.

Provenance
Estate of the artist.
Thence by descent to current owner.

Exhibited
"Hughie-Lee Smith: Overview, 1949-1995," Bristol-Myers Squibb Gallery, Princeton, New Jersey, October 15 - November 26, 1995.

Additional Details

This evocative painting demonstrates Hughie Lee-Smith's consistent exploration of narrative and identity in the 1990s with a series of paintings with spaces defined by visual elements taken from theater, design and African art. This late-career body of work depict environments that are still very much a part of Lee-Smith world - staged and spare settings with a surreal or metaphysical atmosphere.